SOLUTION: one mcnugget box has 8 nuggets, another has 5, what is the smallest number of nuggets you can't buy:

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Question 1024796: one mcnugget box has 8 nuggets, another has 5, what is the smallest number of nuggets you can't buy:
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the Chicken McNugget Theorem.

mn - m - n = 40 - 8 - 5 = 27