SOLUTION: the product of any two of the numbers 40,62,and z is divisible by the third.what is the smallest possible integer z with this property?

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Question 364747: the product of any two of the numbers 40,62,and z is divisible by the third.what is the smallest possible integer z with this property?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20063)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 must be a positive integer, which means  must be a
 positive integer, so z must have factor 31.

 must be a positive integer, which means  must be a
 positive integer, so z must have factor 20.

So the smallest integer that meets those two conditions is 31×20 or 620

Now let's see if 620 meets the third condition

 or  must be a positive integer, and since

 = 4, 620 meets all 3 requirements so we know that 620 is the answer.

Edwin

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