Norma is buying hot dogs and hot dog buns for a street party Hot dogs are sold in packages of 8 and buns in packages of 12 what is the least number of packages of hot dogs and hot dog buns that Norma can buy to have an equal number of hot dogs and buns?

24 packages

Step-by-step explanation:

We solve this question using the Least Common Multiple Method

We have :

Hot dogs are sold in packages of 8 and buns in packages of 12

We find the multiplea of 8 and 12

Multiples of 8:

8, 16, 24, 32, 40

Multiples of 12:

12, 24, 36, 48

Therefore,

LCM(8, 12) = 24

The least number of packages of hot dogs and hot dog buns that Norma can buy to have an equal number of hot dogs and buns is 24 packages

ok

step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation:

12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 7 hours.

4: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 3 hours.

this means that from 4: 00 p.m to 7: 00 p.m. this represents 3/7 of what was lost from 12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m.

after knowing this, after doing 11,600 - 6,800 = 4,800

4,800 represents 3/7 of what was lost for 7 hours.

we then divide 4,800 by 3 which gets 1,600.

because we know that 1,600 represents 1/7 of how much water was lost, we just have to multiply by 7, which gets 11,200.   after adding 11,200 to how much water was left at 7: 00 p.m. which was 6,800. 11,200 + 6,800 = 18,000

this means that the pool originally had 18,000 gallons in the pool.

you can also check your work by doing 18,000 - 4(1600), which becomes           1800 - 6400 which gets you 11,600.