document.write( "Question 752588: when 200 is divided by a positive integer N, the remainder is 5. the number of all possible values of N is:\r
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document.write( "A) 2
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document.write( "B)6
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document.write( "C)8
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document.write( "D)13
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document.write( "E)16\r
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document.write( "Thank you very much for looking at this question. I have worked out that N - 40, but I'm not sure how to continue on from there. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #457876 by Edwin McCravy(20056)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( "Suppose we divided N into 200 and got quotient Q and remainder 5,\r\n" ); document.write( "like this:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " Q \r\n" ); document.write( "N)200\r\n" ); document.write( " N·Q\r\n" ); document.write( " 5\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Then to check that division by multiplying, we'd have\r\n" ); document.write( "200 = N·Q + 5\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "or\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "195 = N·Q\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "So we just write down all the possibilities for N and Q,\r\n" ); document.write( "which amounts to writing down all the ways to write 195\r\n" ); document.write( "as a product of two positive integers:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "195 = N·Q\r\n" ); document.write( "-------------\r\n" ); document.write( "195 = 1·195\r\n" ); document.write( "195 = 3·65\r\n" ); document.write( "195 = 5·39\r\n" ); document.write( "195 = 13·15\r\n" ); document.write( "195 = 15·13\r\n" ); document.write( "195 = 39·5\r\n" ); document.write( "195 = 65·3\r\n" ); document.write( "195 = 195·1\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "And of course. each of those 8 cases of N gives remainder 5 \r\n" ); document.write( "when we divide 200 by N:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " 195 65 39 15 \r\n" ); document.write( " 1)200 3)200 5)200 13)200\r\n" ); document.write( " 195 195 195 195\r\n" ); document.write( " 5 5 5 5\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " 13 5 3 1 \r\n" ); document.write( "15)200 39)200 65)200 195)200\r\n" ); document.write( " 195 195 195 195\r\n" ); document.write( " 5 5 5 5\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Answer: 8\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin\n" ); document.write( " |