At an animal rehabilitation center, the baby rabbits need to be fed every 8 hours and the baby squirrels need to be fed every 6 hours. If the rabbits and squirrels are both fed at 9:30 a. m. wen will they be fed again at the same time?

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Jorden Lloyd

20 December, 10:10

At an animal rehabilitation center, the baby rabbits need to be fed every 8 hours and the baby squirrels need to be fed every 6 hours. If the rabbits and squirrels are both fed at 9:30 a. m. wen will they be fed again at the same time?

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Jaidyn Rosario · Answer 1

U just need to find the LCM so I believe it would be 24 hours. So it could be just 9:30 again?

Or just count up like 1,2,3 ... until u hit a number that is divisible of 8 and 6 then add that to 9:30

Trevon Baird · Answer 2

You need to find the LCM of 6 and 8.

Prime factorization:

6 = 2 * 3

8 = 2 * 2 * 2

LCM (6, 8)

= 2 * 2 * 2 * 3

= 24

The animals will be fed 24 hours after 9:30 am which is the next day, at the same time.