Problema Solution

The cafeteria serves meatloaf every 12 days and serves carrot cake every 8 days meatloaf and carrot cake were served today. In how many days will meatloaf and carrot cake appear on the menus together again?

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We need to find the least common multiple of 12 and 8:

LCM(12, 8) = 24

Every 24 days the meatloaf and the carrot cake appear on the menus together.