Rob can complete his bus route in 4 hours. Joan can complete her bus route in 3 hours. If they both left the terminal at 3:00 am and after each completed route returned to the terminal, determine the next time they would leave the terminal at the same time.

3:00 pm

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Required

The next time they leave at the same time

To do this, we first list out the multiples of 4 and 3 (i.e. their time of completing each route)

So, we have:

The least common multiple in the above is:

This means that they will meet at the terminal after 12 hours

So, their meeting time is:

c 1 hour

step-by-step explanation:

m = 2e

m = 2 so 2 = 2e

1 = e