Answer:
C
Step-by-step explanation:
this question is horribly phrased.
as far as I can tell after reading this multiple times, this is again looking for the GCF : the greatest common factor.
so, again, prime factor analysis :
168 :
168 ÷ 2 = 84
84 ÷ 2 = 42
42 ÷ 2 = 21
21 ÷ 2 no
21 ÷ 3 = 7
7 ÷ 3 no
7 ÷ 5 no
7 ÷ 7 = 1 finished
168 = 2³×3×7
120 :
120 ÷ 2 = 60
60 ÷ 2 = 30
30 ÷ 2 = 15
15 ÷ 2 no
15 ÷ 3 = 5
5 ÷ 3 no
5 ÷ 5 = 1 finished
120 = 2³×3×5
the GCF is the part of the prime factors both numbers share :
2³×3 = 8×3 = 24
so, they can make 24 fruit cups with identical content and using all the fruits.
these pieces of information were missing in the text.
based on the text without the answer options I was already going for the maximum that each fruit cup has one piece of fruit, and that gives us 168 + 120 = 288 fruit cups max.
