document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=781817>Question 781817</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are 4 mother monkeys and 5 baby monkeys sitting on the tree.Arihant decided to feed these monkeys with Banana .He Has a certain number of Bananas with him so that\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if he distribute them equally among the mother monkeys ,no bananas will remain.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if he distribute them equally among baby monkeys ,no banana will remain.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if he distribute them among the mother and baby monkeys ,no banana will remain\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many bananas does Arihant have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #476114 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Edwin+McCravy><B>Edwin McCravy(20056)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Edwin+McCravy><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=Edwin+McCravy><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=476114\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">\r\n" );
document.write( "Let N = the number of bananas he has\r\n" );
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document.write( "if he distribute them equally among the mother monkeys ,no bananas will remain.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That says N is divisible by 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "if he distribute them equally among baby monkeys ,no banana will remain.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That says N is also divisible by 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "if he distribute them among the mother and baby monkeys ,no banana will remain<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That says N is divisible by 9.\r\n" );
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document.write( "How many bananas does Arihant have?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 4, 5 and 9 are \"relatively prime\", that is, they have no common factors \r\n" );
document.write( "(other than 1), you can merely multiply them together to find their least\r\n" );
document.write( "common multiple, 4󬊉 = 180 bananas.  However he could any multiple of\r\n" );
document.write( "180.  180 is just the LEAST number of bananas he could have.\r\n" );
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