Question
The traffic lights at three different road junctions change after every 40 seconds, 60 seconds and 72 seconds respectively. If they changed simultaneously together at 8 a.m at the junctions, at what time will they simultaneously change together again?

Answer

This is a HCF related problem.
So, we need to find the HCF of 80, 100, 120
2 80
2 40
2 20
2 10
5
2 100
2 50
5 25
5
2 120
2 60
2 30
3 15
5
80 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5
100 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 5
120 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5
HCF of 80, 100 and 120 = 2 × 2 × 5 = 20
Volume of the vessel = 20 litres

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