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(#M40165044) ELITMUS Numerical Ability question trees Keep an EYE

Mowgli was inherited with 'x' trees. His mother gifted him with 1 tree for each next birthday. Ranjan was smart enough to calculate the ratio between the number of trees Mowgli had to his age till 8 years of age is always a whole number. What is the min. value of x ?
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A. x<100 B. 3000>x<6000 dont remember other two

Asked In Elitmus SINDHUJA RAO (6 years ago)

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vijay pandey  (6 years ago)

Suppose total number of trees = X;
His mother gifted 1 tree for every birthday till 8 years.
Also the ration between trees always should be whole number.....okay lets see the relation..
(x-1)/1 = whole number,
(x-2)/2 = whole number,
(x-3)/3 = whole number,
(x-4)/4 = whole number,
(x-5)/5 = whole number,
(x-6)/6 = whole number,
(x-7)/7 = whole number,
(x-8)/8 = whole number

Now we have to find the LCM of (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) which is = 840.

Now cross check with each iteration..means
(840-1)/1 = whole number,
(840-2)/2 = whole number,
(840-3)/3 = whole number,
(840-4)/4 = whole number,
(840-5)/5 = whole number,
(840-6)/6 = whole number,
(840-7)/7 = whole number,
(840-8)/8 = whole number,

So, the answer will be .... 840

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