document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=894180>Question 894180</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  1. larissa has a bag of gumdrops. she knows there are less than 75 pieces of candy in all.  when she divides them into groups of 3,4,5,6 there is always 1 left over.  how many gumdrops does larissa have? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #541823 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=541823\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I tried this but found the divisor 5 was not consistent with the use of the other divisors.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Wanting remainder 1, this means 75-x divided by d must be some whole number PLUS 1/d.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Found 73 gumdrops.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Found 73 gumdrops.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Same way with divisor 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "BUT,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Found 71 gumdrops. </SPAN>\n" );
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