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DavidTutorexamPAL wrote:
Let's try combined: we'll make a short list of prime numbers, starting with the lowest, and see if we can find more than one trio whse product is between 1000 and 1310:
2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17...
the product of 9*11*13 is 99*13 - definitely in the range (even without calculating).


9 is not a prime number.
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To make calculation easy here, you can set two of the primes to 2 and 5. Then we'll know the information is not sufficient if we can find at least two different prime numbers between 100 and 131. And there are a few primes in that range (101 and 103, for example).
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Statement (1) does not provide enough information to determine the value of the largest number. For example, the three prime numbers could be 3, 5, and 7, in which case the largest number is 7. However, they could also be 7, 11, and 13, in which case the largest number is 13.

Statement (2) is more helpful. If the product of the three numbers is less than 1310, then the largest number must be less than the cube root of 1310, which is approximately 11. Therefore, the largest number must be one of the prime numbers less than or equal to 11.

Combining the two statements, we know that the three numbers are prime and that the largest number is less than or equal to 11. Therefore, the largest number must be either 5, 7, or 11. However, we still cannot determine which of these is the largest number.

Therefore, the answer is (E) the information provided is not sufficient to determine the value of the largest number
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Statement (2) is more helpful. If the product of the three numbers is less than 1310, then the largest number must be less than the cube root of 1310, which is approximately 11. Therefore, the largest number must be one of the prime numbers less than or equal to 11.

Combining the two statements, we know that the three numbers are prime and that the largest number is less than or equal to 11. Therefore, the largest number must be either 5, 7, or 11.


If the product of three positive numbers is less than 1310, that ensures that the smallest of those three numbers must be less than the cube root of 1310, not the largest. For example, 2*19*29 = 1102, but only one of those three numbers is less than 11. We also know from the question stem that the product of the three numbers is greater than 1000, which guarantees that the largest of the three numbers is greater than the cube root of 1000, so must be greater than 10 (the largest number here cannot be 5 or 7). But as I pointed out above, there are many possible values for the largest prime here and the answer is still E.
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