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In a Greek restaurant there is a custom to break the same number of plates during celebrations. If after 8 celebrations there were only 6 plates left, which of the following could be the original number of plates before the celebrations?

A. 30.
B. 32.
C. 34.
D. 36.
E. 40.

question would have been interesting had it said that same no of plates were broken as the same as celebration no.
for this question the eqn would be total plates be x ; so 8x+6
only option A is correct i.e for each even 3 plates were broken
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In a Greek restaurant there is a custom to break the same number of plates during celebrations. If after 8 celebrations there were only 6 plates left, which of the following could be the original number of plates before the celebrations?

A. 30.
B. 32.
C. 34.
D. 36.
E. 40.

We are looking for a number that, when it is divided by 8, yields a remainder 6. Since 30/8 = 3 remainder 6, there could have been 30 plates before the celebrations began.

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In a Greek restaurant there is a custom to break the same number of plates during celebrations. If after 8 celebrations there were only 6 plates left, which of the following could be the original number of plates before the celebrations?

A. 30.
B. 32.
C. 34.
D. 36.
E. 40.

Haha! Nice way to ask "For which of the following, the remainder is 6 when divided by 8".
IMO A.
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