2. Cindi is palanting a rectangular flowerbed with 40 orange flowers and 28 yellow flowers. She wants to plant them so that each row will have the same number of plants but of only one color. How many rows will Cindi need if she puts the greatest possible number of plants in each row?

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2.	Cindi is palanting a rectangular flowerbed with 40 orange flowers and 28 yellow flowers. She wants to plant them so that each row will have the same number of plants but of only one color. How many rows will Cindi need if she puts the greatest possible number of plants in each row?

watchmath · Answer

We need to find the gcf of 40 and 28 which is 4. There ae 40/4=10 rows for the orange flowers and 28/4=7 rows for the yellow one. In total there are 17 rows.