document.write( "Question 1045027: Two different numbers when divided by the same divisor, left remainders 11 & 21 respectively.When their sum was divided by the same divisor , remainder was 4.What is the divisor ? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "We are told that
\n" ); document.write( "\"number%5B1%5D=divisor%2Aquotient%5B1%5D%2B11\" , and
\n" ); document.write( "\"number%5B2%5D=divisor%2Aquotient%5B2%5D%2B21\" .
\n" ); document.write( "So, adding up those two equations, we get
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\n" ); document.write( "\"number%5B1%5D%2Bnumber%5B2%5D=divisor%2A%28quotient%5B1%5D%2Bquotient%5B2%5D%29%2B32\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since we are also told that
\n" ); document.write( "\"number%5B1%5D%2Bnumber%5B2%5D=divisor%2Aquotient%5B3%5D%2B4\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "subtracting from the equation above from
\n" ); document.write( "\"number%5B1%5D%2Bnumber%5B2%5D=divisor%2A%28quotient%5B1%5D%2Bquotient%5B2%5D%29%2B32\"
\n" ); document.write( "we get
\n" ); document.write( "\"0=divisor%2A%28quotient%5B3%5D-quotient%5B1%5D-quotient%5B2%5D%29%2B4-32\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"0=divisor%2A%28quotient%5B3%5D-quotient%5B1%5D-quotient%5B2%5D%29-28\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"28=divisor%2A%28quotient%5B3%5D-quotient%5B1%5D-quotient%5B2%5D%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Since all the numbers involved in that equation are integers,
\n" ); document.write( "that tells us that \"divisor\" is a factor of \"28\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "and it has to be a factor larger than \"21\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "because \"red%28cross%2828%29%29\"\"21\" was a remainder,
\n" ); document.write( "and remainders are always smaller than their divisor.
\n" ); document.write( "The only factor of \"28\" that is greater than \"21\" is \"28\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "so \"highlight%2828%29\" is the divisor.\r
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