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− | Prime factorizing <math>323</math> gives you <math>17 \cdot 19</math>. Looking at the answer choices, | + | Prime factorizing <math>323</math> gives you <math>17 \cdot 19</math>. Looking at the answer choices, <math>\fbox{(B) 340}</math> is the smallest number divisible by <math>17</math> or <math>19</math>. |
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Revision as of 16:46, 16 February 2018
Problem
Mary chose an even -digit number
. She wrote down all the divisors of
in increasing order from left to right:
. At some moment Mary wrote
as a divisor of
. What is the smallest possible value of the next divisor written to the right of
.
Solution
Prime factorizing gives you
. Looking at the answer choices,
is the smallest number divisible by
or
.
See Also
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