Mr. Smith can divide all of the students in his class into equal groups of 8 and equal groups of 6. What is the least possible number of students who could be in his class?

24

Step-by-step explanation:

24 is the lowest number that can be divided by both.

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!