document.write( "Question 1158265: When the teacher divided her students into groups of four, she had three students remaining, when she divided them into groups of five , she had four students remaining. There were fewer than 40 students in the class. How many students could be in the class? \n" ); document.write( "

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19 students\r
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document.write( "DIV 4, r 3       DIV 5, r 4\r\n" );
document.write( "  7               9\r\n" );
document.write( " 11              14\r\n" );
document.write( " 15              19\r\n" );
document.write( " 19\r\n" );
document.write( " 23\r\n" );
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document.write( "First value found common to both is 19.\r\n" );
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