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Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 minutes respectively. In 30 hours, how many times do they toll together?

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Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 minutes respectively.

Find LCM using prime factorization:

2 = 2 (prime number)

4 = 2 × 2

6 = 2 × 3

8 = 2 × 2 × 2

10 = 2 × 5

12 = 2 × 2 × 3

Therefore, LCM (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12) = 2 x 2 x 2 × 3 × 5 = 120

After every 120 minutes = 2 hours, bells will toll together.

So, required number of times = (30/2 + 1) = 16 times.



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