2021 3marks Henry Park P6 Paper2 SA2

P6 / Henry Park / 2021 / SA2 / Paper 2 – Q08 [3 marks]

Question:

A roll of tape has three types of shapes, heart, cross and arrow, printed in a repeated patter.
Meimei cuts a piece of tape from the roll.
In that piece, there are 84 fewer cross than heart.
Find the least possible total number of shapes on that piece of tape.

Solution:

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