document.write( "Question 1144398: A band master wished to arrange the band members in pairs for a marching patterns. He found that he was one person short. He tried to arrange by 5s and 7s and he was still one person short. What is the least number of people in the marching band? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Add (mentally) one person to the band.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of persons is a multiple of 2, is a multiple of 5 and is a multiple of 7.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The smallest integer positive number with such properties is 2*5*7 = 70.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now subtract (detach) this additional person, whom you added at the very beginning.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus you will get the ANSWER : least number of people in the marching band is 70-1 = 69.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.  69 is 1 short to be arranged in pairs;\r\n" );
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document.write( "           is 1 short to be arranged by 5s,\r\n" );
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document.write( "           and is 1 short to be arranged by 7s.\r\n" );
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