SOLUTION: 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 p

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Question 1065748: 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?
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6 equal parts;
8 equal parts
Both those will go into 24.

Answer by ikleyn(52802) About Me  (Show Source):
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Each of six slices of the first pasta has the area 1%2F6 of the entire pan.

Each of eight slices of the second pasta has the area 1%2F8 of the original pan.


Nelda will cut each 1%2F6 in 4 equal pieces to get 1%2F24.

She also will cut each 1%2F8 in 3 equal pieces to get 1%2F24.


Then she will meet her goal.


Notice that the number 24 is the Less Common Multiple of the numbers 6 and 8: 24 = LCM(6,8).


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