How would you solve a question such as you are making fruit baskets, you have 144 apples, 108 pears and 90 oranges, each basket is identical

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How would you solve a question such as you are making fruit baskets, you have 144 apples, 108 pears and 90 oranges, each basket is identical

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How would you solve a question such as you are making fruit baskets, you have 144 apples, 108 pears and 90 oranges, each basket is identical, what is the greatest amount of fruit baskets you can make using all the fruit?

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Write each of these numbers in factored form:

144 = 2^4 x 3^2

108 = 2^2 x 3^3

90 = 2 x 3^2 ^ 5

The greatest common factor is 2 x 3^2 = 18

So, you can make 18 baskets:

each will have 8 apples, 6 pears, and 5 oranges.

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Write each of these numbers in factored form:

144 = 2^4 x 3^2

108 = 2^2 x 3^3

90 = 2 x 3^2 ^ 5

The greatest common factor is 2 x 3^2 = 18

So, you can make 18 baskets:

each will have 8 apples, 6 pears, and 5 oranges.

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