document.write( "Question 1096780: Hi
\n" ); document.write( "helen had to arrange some chairs in a fixed number of rows.she estimated that there were more than30 but less than 70 chairs.if she put 8 chairs in one row she would be 7 chairs short. If she put 7 chairs in one row she would be 2 chairs short.how many chairs were there. \r
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document.write( "In the mathematical language, they want you find the number between 31 and 69 (inclusively) that \r\n" );
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document.write( "     - gives the remainder 1 when divided by 8     (\"if she put 8 chairs in one row she would be 7 chairs short\")\r\n" );
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document.write( "     - gives the remainder 5 when divided by 7    (\"If she put 7 chairs in one row she would be 2 chairs short.\")\r\n" );
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document.write( "The numbers satisfying the first condition are  33, 41, 49, 57, 65.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Of them, the only number satisfying the second condition is 33. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  33 chairs.\r\n" );
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