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#1 2011-07-22 04:36:12
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The Egg-seller's eggs..
An egg-seller was on his way to a village. On his way, a fool collided with him and all his eggs broke. They both went to the village head-man. When the head-man asked how many eggs he had, the egg-seller told him,
"When counted in twos, 1 remains,
When counted in threes, 2 remain,
When counted in fours, 3 remain,
When counted in fives, 4 remain,
When counted in sixes, 5 remain,
When counted in sevens, none remain...
I had less than 150 eggs."
How many eggs did he have?
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#2 2011-07-22 04:41:49
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Re: The Egg-seller's eggs..
hi anandbrar
I got
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#3 2011-07-22 04:43:27
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Re: The Egg-seller's eggs..
hi anandbar
yup i did this problem except it wasn't bout eggs.
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#4 2011-07-22 04:52:46
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Re: The Egg-seller's eggs..
hi bob bundy, anonimnystefy
Both your ans are correct.
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#5 2011-07-23 09:53:31
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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#6 2011-07-23 15:16:32
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hi bobbym,
why did you multiply with 3*3*...?
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#7 2011-07-23 15:18:26
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Hi;
Each mutiplication does not effect the solution set. But you multiply until the number is congruent to 1 for the modulo. This has the effect of solving for the variable.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#8 2011-08-13 18:13:40
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Re: The Egg-seller's eggs..
Hi, I had a query..
If he were to say:
"When counted in twos, 1 remains,
When counted in threes, 2 remain,
When counted in fours, 3 remain,
When counted in fives, 4 remain,
When counted in sixes, 5 remain,
When counted in sevens, 6 remain,...
so on till
When counted in elevens, none remain"
Will the least answer be 30239?
Could anyone verify if this would be the least answer...thanks..
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#9 2011-08-13 20:08:18
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Hi anandbrar,
I think the answer would be 2519.
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#10 2011-08-13 21:00:12
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Hi;
2519 that is what I am getting also.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#12 2011-12-18 21:51:06
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Got it
The question clearly says less than 150 eggs
So why do we have answers by the xxxxxdigits?
It's simply 119 eggs!
#13 2011-12-18 22:18:54
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Hi Muramal;
Welcome to the forum. This should clear up the confusion.
Everyone did answer 119 ( see post #2,3 and 5).
The higher number (2519) was for the second problem (post #8) which does not have the <120 restriction.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#14 2012-01-29 10:21:25
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Suppose we are looking for x, where x is the number of eggs. Then x+1 should be a multiple of 2,3,4,5,6.
The smaller number to meet this criteria is 5x12 = 60, then 120, then 180 etc.
Moreover, x should be a multiple of 7, thus (x+1)mod7 = 1, thus 120-1 = 119, 238 etc.
The number also has to be <150, so it is 119.