document.write( "Question 1200551: In what bases, b, does (b + 6) divide into (5b + 6) without any remainder? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #834714 by ikleyn(52910) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "    Find integer numbers b such that  (b+6)  divides  (5b+6)  with no remainder.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "All these tricks with \"divide into\" were used at the times of Shakespeare and Dickens.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is just 100 years nobody uses such outdated form in mathematical texts,
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