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hi ndidi204

You are in for big trouble. Watch the problem stem.

From A can you say for sure if the remainder is 0 or not 0?
I think you can say for sure that the remainder is not zero

From B can you say for sure if the remainder is 0 or not 0?
May be or may be not. The stem is not asking you to determine the value of n such that the remainder is 0.
You cannot say for sure because n could be any number not necessarily integer. n=5 does not give you remainder of 0 but n=4.5( >4) does give you a zero.

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Right, I see what you mean although I didn't interpret the question that way.


A would be the answer then as I've proven.
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hi ndidi204

You are in for big trouble. Watch the problem stem.

From A can you say for sure if the remainder is 0 or not 0?
I think you can say for sure that the remainder is not zero

From B can you say for sure if the remainder is 0 or not 0?
May be or may be not. The stem is not asking you to determine the value of n such that the remainder is 0.
You cannot say for sure because n could be any number not necessarily integer. n=5 does not give you remainder of 0 but n=4.5( >4) does give you a zero.

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No, that is not what the question stem asks. It asks "is it POSSIBLE that the remainder is 0". You don't have to prove that it is. You need simply show that it is POSSIBLE (one example will suffice).
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Yeah I get it now. is the remainder 0? is completely different from
can the remainder be 0?

In that case answer is D.

Well now I am even more confused. If can is used then the answer for and DS question will always be D I believe.
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Yeah I get it now. is the remainder 0? is completely different from
can the remainder be 0?

In that case answer is D.

Well now I am even more confused. If can is used then the answer for any DS question will always be D I believe.


Now that I think about it, it would be difficult to come up with a question that would not automatically revert to D, i.e., the argument can be made that "everything is possible" unless you are know for sure that "it is not possible", hence, you can always answer the question -- even something like "Can God exist?" Hmmm.



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