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5 small containers of capacity 16, 72, 12, 24 and 56 Litres are to be used to fill a bigger container. What is the capacity of the bigger container which can be filled by each of the above containers exactly without leaving a remainder when used seperately?

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Answer: 1008

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

5 small containers of capacity 16,72,12,24, and 56 litres is required to fill a big container.

The volume of big container is the LCM of the 5 given containers

[tex]LCM(16,72,12,24,56)=1008[/tex]

Therefore, the capacity of the bigger container is 1008 litres.