text: 3 sets of plates and 2 sets of forks.... both have 24 in them...\n\nto find the answer for any such problem, just find the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of the given numbers. in this case the LCM of 8 and 12 is 24.\n\nthen the no. of sets of plates = 24/8 = 3\nthe no. of sets of forks = 24/12 = 2