document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=696513>Question 696513</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a set of markers is placed in rows of 4 each, there are 2 markers left over, if in rows of 5 each, there are 3 left over, and if in the rows of 7 there are 5 left over. What is the smallest number of markers that the set could contain? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #429129 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=429129\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a set of markers is placed in rows of 4 each, there are 2 markers left over,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " if in rows of 5 each, there are 3 left over, and if in the rows of 7 there are 5 left over.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What is the smallest number of markers that the set could contain?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We know from the statement \"if in rows of 5 each, there are 3 left over,\" that the last digit has to be an 8, and from the 1st statement, not evenly divisible by 4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I came up with a minimum of 138 markers  </SPAN>\n" );
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