Is the integer x a multiple of 10?

Integer \(a\) is a multiple of integer \(b\) means that \(a\) is "evenly divisible" by \(b\), i.e., divisible by \(b\) without a remainder. Now, since zero/integer=integer then zero is a multiple of every integer .

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vote for D

(A) x/5 = even

therefore x{-10,0,10,20,...} Note: 0 is even number

Sufficient

(B) x+ 20 = 10n

x=10n-20
x = 10(n-2)

sufficient

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Is the integer x a multiple of 10?

(1) when x is divided by 5, the result an even integer.

(2) x + 20 is a multiple of 10.

There is one variable (x) and 2 equations are given by the conditions, so there is high chance (D) will be the answer.
For condition 1, x=5p+even (p:positive integer), and the answer to the question becomes 'yes' for x=10, but 'no' for x=7, so this is insufficient.
For condition 2, from x+20=10q(q:positive integer), x=10q-20=10(q-2)= a multiple of 10. This answers the question 'yes' and is sufficient. Therefore, the answer becomes (B).

For cases where we need 1 more equation, such as original conditions with “1 variable”, or “2 variables and 1 equation”, or “3 variables and 2 equations”, we have 1 equation each in both 1) and 2). Therefore, there is 59 % chance that D is the answer, while A or B has 38% chance and C or E has 3% chance. Since D is most likely to be the answer using 1) and 2) separately according to DS definition. Obviously there may be cases where the answer is A, B, C or E.

Could someone please help me? I chose answer E. I now understand why answer B is sufficient instead of insufficient (I thought that 10 itself could not be a multiple of 10. I only thought that integers greater than 10 could only be multiples of 10.

However, for answer A. I do not understand why this is sufficient. It says that when x is divided by 5, the result an even integer. X could be 25 right? 25/5 is 4 which is an even integer. X is therefore not necessarily a multiple of 10? Could someone tell me where I am wrong?

How is 25/5 = 4? It should be 25/5 =5 as 5*5=25.

What statement 1 means is that when x is divided by 5 you get a quotient = even number. So we can write it as

x= 5*(2p)+0 (from the division rule, dividend= dividend*quotient+remainder). Thus x= 10p or in other words, x is a multiple of 10.

Hope this helps.

My apologies. I guess I have been so tired from doing so many questions. I need some rest. Thank you!

Here clearly both statements are sufficient we just need to realize that any number that yields a even quotient with 5 must have 0 as its Units digit

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