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# A colony has houses numbered 1 to 150. Three guards, Tim, Jack & John,

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A colony has houses numbered 1 to 150. Three guards, Tim, Jack & John, were appointed by the colony in charge. Tim was to protect each house whose number is a multiple of 2 and 5, Jack was to protect each house whose number is a multiple of 2 and 3 whereas John was asked to protect rest of the houses. How many houses were to be protected by both Tim& Jack?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. More than 5
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Updated on: 23 Jan 2019, 09:18
to be guarded by both Tim and Jack, the house's number must be a multiple of 2,3,5 = 30

number of houses = $$\frac{[150-30]}{30} + 1 = 5$$

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23 Jan 2019, 09:04
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akurathi12 wrote:
A colony has houses numbered 1 to 150. Three guards, Tim, Jack & John, were appointed by the colony in charge. Tim was to protect each house whose number is a multiple of 2 and 5, Jack was to protect each house whose number is a multiple of 2 and 3 whereas John was asked to protect rest of the houses. How many houses were to be protected by both Tim& Jack?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. More than 5

Houses numbered from 1 to 150, out of which

Tim was to protect each house whose number is a multiple of 2 and 5

Jack was to protect each house whose number is a multiple of 2 and 3

This means we can divide 150/15 to get the number of houses which will have numbers with multiple of 15(LCM of 3 and 5) .

Now we can divide this by 10/2 to get the number of houses which will be common to them

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23 Jan 2019, 09:06
Mahmoudfawzy83 wrote:
to be guarded by both Tim and Jack, the house's number must be a multiple of 2,3,5 = 30

number of houses = $$\frac{150}{30} + 1 = 5$$

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Will that be not 6 ??

Do let me know if i am incorrect.
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23 Jan 2019, 09:22
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KanishkM wrote:
Mahmoudfawzy83 wrote:
to be guarded by both Tim and Jack, the house's number must be a multiple of 2,3,5 = 30

number of houses = $$\frac{150}{30} + 1 = 5$$

D

Will that be not 6 ??

Do let me know if i am incorrect.

Thanks, I had a typo
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Re: A colony has houses numbered 1 to 150. Three guards, Tim, Jack & John,   [#permalink] 23 Jan 2019, 09:22
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