SOLUTION: What is the smallest positive number that when divided by 7, the remainder is 6 and when divided by 5, the remainder is 4?
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Question 1049731: What is the smallest positive number that when divided by 7, the remainder is 6 and when divided by 5, the remainder is 4?
Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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34.
Add 1 to the number, and you will get the number divisible by 7 and by 5.
The smallest such a number is 35.
Hence, the original number is 34.
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