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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? | |||
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<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. | <math>\operatorname{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 == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 09:12, 23 January 2012
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) | ||
| Preceded by Problem I2 |
Followed by Problem I4 | |
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