GRE
Exam
Numerical Ability
LCM and HCF
sum of two numbers is 483 and their hcf is 23.find themaximum possiblenumber of pairs that satisfy the condition?
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- 6 pairs
if numbers are 23x and 23y where x and y are relatively prime then
23*(x+y)=483
x+y= 21
so possible pairs for (x,y) are
1,20
2,19,
4,17
5,16
8,13
10,11
you can interchange values of x and y . - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(8) No(1)
- 6 pairs..cause 23(x+y)=(23*21)..so x+y=21.there are only 6 ways for numbers to be not a multiple of some number....(1,20),(2,19),(4,17),(5,16),(8,13),(10,11)
- 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(1)
- given that x+y=483 and hcf=23.Then obviously
23x+23y=483
23(x+y)=483
x+y=483/23
x+y=21
the values of x and y which satisfies 21 are
(1,20),(2,19),(3,18)(4,17),(5,16),(6,15).so no. of pairs are 6. - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(2)
- 6 pairs, (23,21),(21,23),(1,483),(3,161)(483,1),(161,3)
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- it will be 483/23 = 21
now 21/2 = 10
ans is 10 - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
- 10 pairs
if numbers are 23n and 23m and 23n+23m=483
n+m=21
the possible pairs are (1,20)(2,19)(3,18)(4,17)(5,16)(6,15)(7,14)(8,13)(9,12)(10,11) - 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
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