Math words problem

Question

Along a road on one side there are electric poles and on the other side there are banyan trees.The distance between two electric poles is 12m and between two banyan trees is 15m.If at the starting point of the road both the electric poles and banyan trees stand face to face how far will they stand face to face again

Answer 1

The Least Common Multiple of 12 and 15 is 60.

 

60m  5th pole from start and 4th tree from start.

 

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