[72] There are some boxes lying in a straight line. Every 6th box contains a muffin, every 8th contains a

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There are some boxes lying in a straight line. Every 6th box contains a muffin, every 8th contains a chocolate and every 9th contains a soft-toy. Which is the first box to have all 3 items?

None of these

Explanation:

Muffins will be contained in boxes- 6, 12, 18, 24, 36….

Chocolates will be contained in boxes- 8,16,24,32….

Soft-toys will be contained in boxes- 9,18,27,36….

The first box which contains all three items will have to be a multiple of 6, 8 and 9.

Being the first box to contain all three items, it will be the lowest multiple of all 3, which is the LCM.

LCM of 6, 8, 9 is 72.

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