You buy a lily and an African violet on the same day. You are instructed to water the lily every fourth day and the water the violet every seventh day after taking them home. What what is the first day on wich you will water both plants on the same day? How can you use this answer to determine each of. The next days you will water both plants on the same day?

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Ali Lutz

29 June, 13:32

You buy a lily and an African violet on the same day. You are instructed to water the lily every fourth day and the water the violet every seventh day after taking them home. What what is the first day on wich you will water both plants on the same day? How can you use this answer to determine each of. The next days you will water both plants on the same day?

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Piper Leblanc · Answer 1

The "least common multiple" of 4 and 7 is 28. Beware of anybody who tells you to just multiply them. The least common multiple is not always their product. For example, the least common multiple of 4 and 6 is 12, NOT 24.

Jaylynn Koch · Answer 2

You will water both of them on the 28th day because if your multiply 4 & 7 you get 28. You could just do this:

4: 4,8,16,20,24,28

7: 7,14,21,28

once you see that a number is the same on both, then that's the day you will water both of them on the same day