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There are 24 peaches. 36 apricots and 60 bananas and they have to be arranged in several rows in such a way that every row contains the sam…

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There are 24 peaches. 36 apricots and 60 bananas and they have to be arranged in several rows in such a way that every row contains the same number of fruits of only one type. What is the minimum number of rows required for this to happen

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CCommunity20 Jan 2018

10 : - is correct hence option 3

CCommunity09 Apr 2018

Minimum number of rows = Maximum number of fruits in each row HCF of 24, 36 and 60 = 12

Minimum number of rows

$\frac{24}{12}+\frac{36}{12}+\frac{60}{12}$

$= 2 + 3 + 5 = 10$