document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=268718>Question 268718</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a group of children walk to a corner store and buy cans of soda for a total of $3.36 and candy bars for a total of $2.45.  Each child has one can of soda and one candy bar.  How many children were in the group> What is the cost of one can of soda nd one cany bar? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Each child has one can of soda and one candy bar.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How many children were in the group> What is the cost of one can of soda and one candy bar?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lets do this in cents, 336 and 245<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the common prime factors<BR>\n" );
document.write( "336: 2*2*2*2*3*7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "245: 5*7*7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The common factor is 7, therefore: 7 children in the group<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "336/7 = 48 cents for a soda<BR>\n" );
document.write( "245/7 = 35 cents for a candy bar </SPAN>\n" );
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