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Three sets of English , Mathematics and Science books containing 336, 240, 96 books respectively have to be stacked In such a way that all…

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Three sets of English , Mathematics and Science books containing 336, 240, 96 books respectively have to be stacked In such a way that all the books are stored subject-wise and the height of each stack Is the same. Total number of stacks will be
  • A14
  • B21
  • C22
  • D48
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Its very simple question 14 is the correct answer.
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Number of books in each stack
= HCF of 336, 240, 96 = 48

Total number of stacks

$\frac{336}{48}+\frac{240}{48}+\frac{96}{48}$

= 7+5+2= 14