SOLUTION: Kate and Imee each had a piece of ribbon of equal length. KAte cuts her ribbons nto equal lengths of 2m, and Imee cuts her ribbons into equal lengths of 5m. If there was no remaind

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Question 766109: Kate and Imee each had a piece of ribbon of equal length. KAte cuts her ribbons nto equal lengths of 2m, and Imee cuts her ribbons into equal lengths of 5m. If there was no remainder in both cases, find the shortest possible length of ribbon that they each had at first.
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Kate and Imee each had a piece of ribbon of equal length. KAte cuts her ribbons nto equal lengths of 2m, and Imee cuts her ribbons into equal lengths of 5m. If there was no remainder in both cases, find the shortest possible length of ribbon that they each had at first.
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Shortest possible length of ribbon that they each had at first=lowest common multiple of 2 and 5 which is 10m