document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1065748>Question 1065748</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Nelda baked two kinds of pasta in pans.Each pan was the same size.She sliced one pan of pasta into 6 equal pieces.she sliced the other pan into 8 equal pieces.How can the pans of pasta now be sliced so that both pans have the same sized pieces?if nelda has served 6 pieces from one pan so far,what fraction of the pan has she served? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Each of six   slices of the first  pasta has the area <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the entire pan.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each of eight slices of the second pasta has the area <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the original pan.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Nelda will cut each <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > in 4 equal pieces to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "She also will cut each <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > in 3 equal pieces to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then she will meet her goal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that the number 24 is the Less Common Multiple of the numbers 6 and 8: 24 = LCM(6,8).<BR>\n" );
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