Thea and renee are planning a fall festival. the cups they are buying are sold in packages that contain 8 cups. the plates are sold in packages that contain 12 plates. they want to purchase the least number of packages possible that will give them the same number of cups and plates. how many packages of each should they purchase?

the law of definite proportions states samples of a compound will always contain the same proportion of elements by mass. in other words, a given compound will always contain the same elements in the same proportions by mass.the law of multiple proportions states when two elements combine with each other to form more than one compound, then the weights of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers.

Dwould be the answer