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84 Maths books, 90 Physics books and 120 Chemistry books have to be stacked topicwlse. How many books will be there in each stack so that e…

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84 Maths books, 90 Physics books and 120 Chemistry books have to be stacked topicwlse. How many books will be there in each stack so that each stack will have the same height too
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  • B18
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is 18 is the correct answer am i right
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As the height of each stack is same, the required number of books in each stack $=$ HCF of $84, 90$ and $120 $

$84 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 7 $

$90 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 $

$120 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 $

HCF $= 2 × 3 = 6$