Calvin has three alarm clocks which sound at different intervals. Clock A goes off every 10 minutes, clock B every 15 minutes, and clock C every 20 minutes.The three clocks sound together every _minutes.

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Answer:

Given that,

Calvin has three alarm clocks which sound at different intervals.

Clock A goes off every 10 minutes

Clock B every 15 minutes

Clock C every 20 minutes.

To find: the three clocks sound together every _minutes

The three clock sounds together for every least common minutes of the 3 clocks (A,B,C)

To find LCM of 10,15,20.

we get,

LCM of 10,15,20 is 60

Therefore we get that,

The three clock sounds together for every 60 minutes.

Answer is:

The three clock sounds together for every 60 minutes.