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Netherlands counting and probability
Problem
Three wheels are pushed together so they don't slip if we turn them. The circumferences of the wheels are , , and cm, respectively. On each wheel an arrow is drawn, pointing downwards. Someone turns the big wheel and the other wheels turn with it. This stops at the first moment all arrows point downwards again. Every time one of the arrows is pointing up, a whistle sounds. If two or three arrows point up at the same time, only one whistle sounds. How many whistles sound in total?

Solution
5
Final answer
5
Techniques
Inclusion-exclusionModular Arithmetic