Question

Wanda, Darren, Beatrice, and Chi are tutors in the school math lab. Their schedule is as follows: Darren works every third school day, Wanda works every fourth school day, Beatrice works every sixth school day, and Chi works every seventh school day. Today they are all working in the math lab. In how many school days from today will they next be together tutoring in the lab?

$42$

$84$

$126$

$178$

$252$

Answer: B

Concepts:least common multiple prime factorization

Difficulty rating: 960

Solution:

They meet again after $\text{lcm}(3,4,6,7)$ days. Since $4=2^2$ and $6=2\cdot3,$ the least common multiple is $2^2\cdot3\cdot7=84.$

Thus, the correct answer is B.

2001 AMC 10 Problem 8

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 960

Solution:

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