SOLUTION: Samuel asked his friend to guess his age. He said that if you divide his age by the only even prime number and add for the result is the least common multiple of three and five how

Question 857901: Samuel asked his friend to guess his age. He said that if you divide his age by the only even prime number and add for the result is the least common multiple of three and five how old is Samuel
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do you know what the only even prime number is? It's 2. Anything else that is even is divisible by 2.
= the least common multiple of 3 and 5.
What would the lowest multiple of 3 and 5 be?
3,6,,12,15,18,21,24,27,30
5,10,15,20,25,30
Which is lowest? 15
=15
Multiply each side by 2.
S = 30
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