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Old December 4th, 2008, 05:11 PM
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The lowest common multiple of 8 and 12 is 24. So the buses will pass together 24 minutes later at 9:24am.

(101 passes at 9:00, 9:08, 9:16, 9:24.....)
(103 passes at 9:00, 9:12, 9:24.....)
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