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It was observed by National Geographic that equinox happened [#permalink] New post   19 Mar 2021, 23:03
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It was observed by National Geographic that equinox happened on Mars and Jupiter this year. Equinox occurs every 8 years on Mars and every 34 years on Jupiter. How many years from now will the next equinox occur together in Mars and jupiter?

A. 138
B. 272
C. 227
D. 136
E. 134

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Re: It was observed by National Geographic that equinox happened [#permalink] New post   20 Mar 2021, 00:45
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Just find the LCM of 8 and 34
LCM of 34 and 8:
Prime factors of 34 - 2 and 17
Prime Factors of 8 - 2^3
Therefore LCM = 2^3 * 17 = 136.
Therefore,136.
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It was observed by National Geographic that equinox happened [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 21 Mar 2021, 03:39
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It was observed by National Geographic that equinox happened on Mars and Jupiter this year. Equinox occurs every 8 years on Mars and every 34 years on Jupiter. How many years from now will the next equinox occur together in Mars and jupiter?

A. 138
B. 272
C. 227
D. 136
E. 134

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Hi Ekland
This is not a data sufficiency question.

Originally posted by ramlala on 21 Mar 2021, 00:17.
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Re: It was observed by National Geographic that equinox happened [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2021, 01:18
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ramlala wrote:
Ekland wrote:
It was observed by National Geographic that equinox happened on Mars and Jupiter this year. Equinox occurs every 8 years on Mars and every 34 years on Jupiter. How many years from now will the next equinox occur together in Mars and jupiter?

A. 138
B. 272
C. 227
D. 136
E. 134

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Hi Ekland
This is not a data sufficiency quetion.


Moved to PS forum. Thank you!
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It was observed by National Geographic that equinox happened [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2021, 03:38
ramlala wrote:
Ekland wrote:
It was observed by National Geographic that equinox happened on Mars and Jupiter this year. Equinox occurs every 8 years on Mars and every 34 years on Jupiter. How many years from now will the next equinox occur together in Mars and jupiter?

A. 138
B. 272
C. 227
D. 136
E. 134

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Hi Ekland
This is not a data sufficiency quetion.


Thank you ramlala

It was posted in error to DS. I meant to post it in PS.
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Re: It was observed by National Geographic that equinox happened [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2021, 03:42
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Ekland wrote:
ramlala wrote:
Ekland wrote:
It was observed by National Geographic that equinox happened on Mars and Jupiter this year. Equinox occurs every 8 years on Mars and every 34 years on Jupiter. How many years from now will the next equinox occur together in Mars and jupiter?

A. 138
B. 272
C. 227
D. 136
E. 134

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Hi Ekland
This is not a data sufficiency question.


Thank you ramlala

It was posted in error to DS. I meant to post it in PS.


Hi Ekland

You are doing good job by posting new problems, heping us to improve further. :thumbsup:
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