SOLUTION: 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 ma
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Question 268718: 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? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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 and one candy bar?
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Lets do this in cents, 336 and 245
Find the common prime factors
336: 2*2*2*2*3*7
245: 5*7*7
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The common factor is 7, therefore: 7 children in the group
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336/7 = 48 cents for a soda
245/7 = 35 cents for a candy bar
