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Ahhhhhh!!!!!!! Hard question.

14n/60 simplifies to 7n/30 which means n has to be a multiple of 30, so n has 2,3,5 = 30. now we can't add another 7, as 7*30 = 210, so we can only add a 2,3,5..... so hence 3 prime factors.

Very tough!!!
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came across this question in the gmatprep practice test, thanks for the explanation.

The question is asking for the unique prime factors of 30.

I thought that it was asking how many difference Ns are there (30, 60, 120, 150, 180).
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Sumithra Sen
If n is a postive integer less than 200 and 14n/60 is an integer then N has how many different postive prime factors

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2, 3, 5, 6, 8

The answer is b..

But here is my confusion,

Simplifying the equation further, 7n/30 is an integer. which means , 2, 3,5 are defintely factors of N based on denominator 30.. But based on Numerator 7N ..means, 7 should also be a factor?

Where am I mis understanding?


1 <= n < 200

14n/60 = 7n/ (2*3*5)

So it should be 2,3,and 5

3 different primes should be there because otherwise you will never get the result as an integer.
Thus "B"



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