SOLUTION: A relief worker needs to divide 900 bottles of water and 486 cans of food into groups that each contain the same number of items. Also, each group must contain the same type of it

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Question 808170: A relief worker needs to divide 900 bottles of water and 486 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 canned food). What is the largest number of relief supplies that can be put in each group?
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900=9*5*2*5*2
18*50
486=2*3*9*9
18*27
18 groups of 50 bottles of water and 27 cans of food