document.write( "Question 1013776: A relief worker needs to divide 240 bottles of water and 144 cans of food into groups that each contain the same number of items. Also, each group must contain the same type of item (bottled water or csnned food). What is the largest number of relief supplies that can be put into each group?\r
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document.write( "I need help please, much appreciated!! \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #630115 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! If I read this right, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "----------------- \n" ); document.write( "It looks like you could have 3 groups with 48 \n" ); document.write( "cans of food and 3 groups with 48 bottles of water \n" ); document.write( "That would give you the most items in each of \n" ); document.write( "the 3 groups. Then there would be \n" ); document.write( "bottles of water left over \n" ); document.write( "-------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "So, the answer would be \n" ); document.write( "is the largest number of relief supplies that could be put \n" ); document.write( "into each group. \n" ); document.write( "------------------ \n" ); document.write( "Definitely get another opinion on this. It's kind of a strange question. \n" ); document.write( "It sounds like they don't care how many groups there are. \n" ); document.write( "Why would that be? \n" ); document.write( " |