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In a clothing factory, a worker can sew 18 Garment A seams in a minute and 30 Garment B seams per minute. If the factory manager wants to complete equal numbers of Garments A and B every minute, how many workers should she hire for each type of garment? Give three different possibilities, and find the smallest number of workers the manager could hire. Explain your answers.
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