Lucy has 40 bean plants,32 tomato plants,and16 peppers plants.She wants to put the plants in rows with only one type of plant in each row.All rows will have the same number of plants.How many plants can Lucyput in each row

What is the greatest common factor of 40, 32, and 16?

Divide the 3 plants by 2 and you will get 44rows

To find out how many plants Lucy can put in each row, we need to find the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the number of each type of plant.

We have 40 bean plants, 32 tomato plants, and 16 pepper plants.

Step 1: Find the GCD of the three numbers using the prime factorization method.

Prime factorization of 40: 2 * 2 * 2 * 5 = 2^3 * 5
Prime factorization of 32: 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 = 2^5
Prime factorization of 16: 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 = 2^4

Now, let's find the common factors and multiply them together:

GCD = 2^3 = 8

Therefore, Lucy can put 8 plants in each row.