document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=263099>Question 263099</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Three bike riders ride around a circular path. the first rider circles the path in 12 minutes, the second in 18, and the third in 24 minutes. if they all start at the same place at the same time, when will they all meet again at the starting point? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What we are looking for is a least common multiple.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LCM (12, 18, 24) = 72 minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the first rider travels 6 times around<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the first rider travels 4 times around<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the first rider travels 3 times around </SPAN>\n" );
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