SOLUTION: An art supply store is selling colored pens in packages of three or five. If the store makes packages that total forty-two pens, how many packages of each can they have?

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Question 1068427: An art supply store is selling colored pens in packages of three or five. If the store makes packages that total forty-two pens, how many packages of each can they have?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x packets having 3
y packets having 5

Package with 42 pens
3x%2B5y=42

Look for any or all Natural Number combinations.
Would y=6 work?
Would y=3 work?
Any others?

Answer by ikleyn(52834) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.
Idiotic problem.