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A forester wants to plant 44 apples tree, 66 banana trees and 110 mango trees in equal rows (in terms of number of trees). Also, he wants to make distinct rows of tree (i.e. only one type of tree in one row). The number of rows (minimum) that required is:

A. 2

B. 3

C. 10

D. 11

E. None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

$$\eqalign{ & {\text{In}}\,{\text{such}}\,{\text{case}},\, \cr & {\text{we}}\,{\text{first}}\,{\text{need}}\,{\text{to}}\,{\text{find}}\,{\text{the}}\,{\text{HCF}}\,{\text{of}}\,{\text{44,66,110}}. \cr & 44 = 2 \times 2 \times 11 \cr & 66 = 2 \times 3 \times 11 \cr & 110 = 2 \times 5 \times 11 \cr & {\text{HCF}} = 2 \times 11 = 22 \cr & {\text{Then,}}\,{\text{the}}\,{\text{required}}\,{\text{numbers}}\,{\text{of}}\,{\text{rows}}, \cr & = { {\frac{{44}}{{22}}} + {\frac{{66}}{{22}}} + {\frac{{110}}{{22}}} } \cr & = 10 \cr} $$

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Comments ( 2 )

  1. Sherly Rongpi
    Sherly Rongpi :
    4 years ago

    What is 22 here ,I know it is hcf but what is it row ..plant or what ?

  2. Ami Raheja
    Ami Raheja :
    6 years ago

    how to decide when to do lcm and when to hcf ??

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