Question

Macy is painting a design that contains two repeating patterns. One pattern repeat every 8 inches. The other repeats every 12 inches. The design is 19 feet long. Both patterns vegan at the same place. Use the pattern pieces to create a sample of the design. Use the sample to determine the number of times that patterns begin in the same place.

Answer 1

There really is no easy way to explain this but basically all you have to do is find the LCM.
The answer could either be 24 or 10

Answer 2

for 8 inches you put only three parts and the 12 inches four parts five depending how big the graph is.