2020 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 9
Problem
A single bench section at a school event can hold either 
adults or 
children. When 
bench sections are connected end to end, an equal number of adults and children seated together will occupy all the bench space. What is the least possible positive integer value of 
Solution
The least common multiple of and is 
. Therefore, there must be adults and children. The total number of benches is 
.
Solution 2
This is similar to Solution 1, with the same basic idea, but we don't need to calculate the LCM. Since both and are relatively prime, their LCM must be their product. So the answer would be 
. ~Baolan
Video Solution
~IceMatrix
~savannahsolver
See Also
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