Quantitative Aptitude Ques 986

Question: Three sets of English, Mathematics and Science books containing 336, 240 and 96 books, respectively have to stacked in such a way that all the books are stored subject wise and height of each stack is same. Total number of stacks will be

Options:

A) 14

B) 22

C) 21

D) 48

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

  • Number of books in each stack = HCF (336, 240, 96)

$ \therefore $ Number of books in each stack $ =48 $

$ \therefore $ Total number of stacks $ =\frac{336}{48}+\frac{240}{48}+\frac{96}{48} $ $ =7+5+2=14 $