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11 p.m. Wednesday | == Problem == | ||
Peter is ill. He has to take medicine A every 8 hours, medicine B every 5 hours and medicine C every 10 hours. If he took all three medicines at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, when will he take them altogether again? | |||
== Solution == | |||
<math>lcm(8,5,10) = 40</math>, so he will consume the pills together forty hours afterwards or one day and 16 hours. That will be 11 p.m. Wednesday. | |||
== See also == | |||
{{PMWC box|year=1997|num-b=I2|num-a=I4}} | |||
[[Category:Introductory Algebra Problems]] | |||
Revision as of 17:04, 8 October 2007
Problem
Peter is ill. He has to take medicine A every 8 hours, medicine B every 5 hours and medicine C every 10 hours. If he took all three medicines at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, when will he take them altogether again?
Solution
, so he will consume the pills together forty hours afterwards or one day and 16 hours. That will be 11 p.m. Wednesday.
See also
| 1997 PMWC (Problems) | ||
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