Balancing six- and eight-sided dice

Alice rolls mm fair six-sided dice with total SmS_m; Bob rolls nn fair eight-sided dice with total TnT_n. Let m,nm^*, n^* be the smallest positive integers making the two totals have equal expected value. Find mnm^* \cdot n^*.

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  1. E[Sm]=3.5m\mathbb{E}[S_m]=3.5m, E[Tn]=4.5n\mathbb{E}[T_n]=4.5n. Set them equal.
  2. 7m=9n7m=9n; smallest integers m=9,n=7m=9,n=7.

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