Perry and Caden have some brown staplers and some silver staplers. The number of silver staplers Perry has is equal to the number of brown staplers Caden has. ¹₃ of Perry's staplers are brown and ⁴₅ of Caden's staplers are silver. There are a total of 12 brown staplers. Find the total number of staplers they have.

Perry		Caden		Total
Brown	Silver	Brown	Silver
	1x2	1x2
1x1	2x1	1x2	4x2
1 u	2 u	2 u	8 u	13 u

The number of Perry's silver staplers and Caden's brown staplers is the same.

The number of Perry's silver staplers is repeated. The number of Caden's brown staplers is repeated.  Make the number of Perry's silver staplers and Caden's brown staplers the same.  LCM of 2 and 3 is 2.

Number of brown staplers
= 1 u + 2 u
= 3 u

3 u = 12

1 u = 12 ÷ 3 = 4

Total number of staplers
= 1 u + 2 u + 2 u + 8 u
= 13 u
= 13 x 4
= 52

Answer(s): 52