SOLUTION: LCM to this problem. two friends work part time in a store. First person works every sixth day, second person works every eighth day. They both work today, how many days will pa

Question 867842: LCM to this problem. two friends work part time in a store. First person works every sixth day, second person works every eighth day. They both work today, how many days will pass before they work the same day again?
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
first person works every 6 days
second person works every 8 days.
the multiples of 6 are 6,12,18,24,30,36,42,48
the multiples of 8 are 8,16,24,32,40,48
looks like the least common multiple is 24.

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