document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1139869>Question 1139869</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  ricky has some stickers in a box. if he puts the stickers into bags of 9. he will have no stickers left over. if he puts them into bags of 10, he will have 2 stickers left over. what is the smallest possible number of stickers in the box?<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 #760364 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=760364\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let the number of stickers in the box be equal to x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when he puts 9 stickers into each bag, then the number of bags is equal to x / 9 with no stickers left over.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when he puts 10 stickers into each bag, then the number of bags is equal to x / 10 with 2 stickers left over.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since there are no left over stickers when you divide the number of stickers in the box by 9, then the number of stickers in the box has to be a multiple of 9.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that means that the numbers of stickers in the box can be equal to 9 or 18 or 27 or 36 or 45 or 54 or 63 or 72 or 81 or 90 or any other multiple of 9 going up to forever, if need be.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you want, however, to find the smallest number of stickers that can be in the box.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "start from 9 stickers in the box and work your way up in multiples of 9 until you get a remainder of 2 when you divide the number of stickers by 10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9 / 10 = 0 with a remainder of 9.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18 / 10 = 1 with a remainder of 8.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27 / 10 = 2 with a remainder of 7.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36 / 10 = 3 with a remainder of 6.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45 / 10 = 4 with a remainder of 5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "54 / 10 = 5 with a remainder of 4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "63 / 10 = 6 with a remainder of 3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "72 / 10 = 7 with a remainder of 2. ***** this is your solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the smallest number of stickers in the box has to be 72.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "take 72 and divide it by 9 and you get 8 with no stickers left over.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "take 72 and divide it by 10 and you get 7 with 2 stickers left over.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your solution is that the minimum number of stickers in the box has to be 72.\r<BR>\n" );
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