Problema Solution
Mia has 90 roses and 135 carnations to put into vases. She wants to put the same number of roses and the same number of carnations in each vase. What is the greatest number of vases that she will need in order to do this?
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the greatest number of vases that she will need is the greatest common factor of 90 and 135:
GCF(90, 135) = 45
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For 45 vases, Mia will put 90/45 = 2 roses and 135/45 = 3 carnations in each vase.