Question 758332: how many students are there in a class if 2 students remain after 4 equal rows of seats are filled and one student remains after 3 equal rows of seats are filled?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! how many students are there in a class if 2 students remain after 4 equal rows of seats are filled and one student remains after 3 equal rows of seats are filled?
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Equations:
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x = 2(mod 4)
x = 2,6,10 etc
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x = 2(mod 4)
x = 1,4,7,10 etc.
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x = 10
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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