Question

A fruit vendor has 990 apples and 945 oranges. He packs them into baskets. Each basket contains only one of the two fruits but in equal number. Find the number of fruits to be put in each basket in order to have minimum number of baskets,

Answer 1

990 = 945 x 1 + 45

945 = 45 x 21 + 0

HCF of and 945 is 45.

The fruit vendor should put 45 fruit in each basket to have minimum number of baskets.