When the number of people in an office is divided by 12, the remainder

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When the number of people in an office is divided by 12, the remainder is 0. If 3/2 times the number of people in the office is divided by 12, and the remainder resulting from this operation is greater than 0, the remainder must be

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
E. 6

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
E. 6

RohitGoyal1123 · Answer

Number of people in an office is divided by 12, the remainder is 0
This means the number of people is 12K (k is a positive integer)

Now when 3/2 times 12K divided by 12, rem is >0
or 3/2*12K = 18K = (12+6)K

so when ever the value of K is even, the number when divided by 12 will leave a remainder of 12
but when the value of K is odd, the number 18K will leave remainder of 6

hence  E

akadiyan · Answer

When the number of people in an office is divided by 12, the remainder is 0. If 3/2 times the number of people in the office is divided by 12, and the remainder resulting from this operation is greater than 0, the remainder must be

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
E. 6

1. when the number of people in office is divided by 12, the remainder is 0. So, the number of people must be a multiple of 12. We can consider 12n.

2. If 3/2 times i.e 1.5 times the number of people in office is divided by 12, the remainder is > 0.

If N is even i.e 2, 4.. etc , the remainder will always be 0.
 If N is odd i.e 1,3...etc, the remainder will always 6. For Eg N=3 , 18N = 54 , when divided by 12 , remainder is 6.

Ans:   E

seed · Answer

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
E. 6

Solution: 
Let People=P. Given P=12x (note, there is no remainder because 12 divides P completely.)
Question if  \frac{3}{2} (P) is divided by 12 what will be the remainder? 
 \frac{3}{2} (P)/12= { \frac{3}{2} (12x)}/12 =  \frac{18x}{12}  =  \frac{12x}{12} +  \frac{2x}{12}  = x+ \frac{1}{6} *x. The remainder is  \frac{1}{6} *x, looking at the answer choices only 6 is a multiple 6.

Answer: (E).

JeffTargetTestPrep · Answer

Because division by 12 yields a remainder of 0, we see that the number of people in the office is a multiple of 12. We can multiply a few multiples of 12 by 3/2, and we have:

12 x 3/2 = 18 ---> 18/12 = 1 R 6

24 x 3/2 = 36 ---> 36/12 = 3 R 0

36 x 3/2 = 54 ---> 54/12 = 4 R 6

48 x 3/2 = 72 ---> 72/12 = 6 R 0

We see that when we divide those results by 12, we get a remainder of either 0 or 6. So, the only possible remainder that is greater than 0 is 6.

Answer: E

BrushMyQuant · Answer

Given that When the number of people in an office is divided by 12, the remainder is 0. And we need to find the remainder when 3/2 times the number of people in the office is divided by 12

Since the number of people is divisible by 12 (because remainder when divided by 12 is 0)
=> Number of people can be taken as 12k (Where k is an integer)

\frac{3}{2}  of number of people =  \frac{3}{2}  * 12k = 18k

Now, 18k when divided by 12 gives a remainder greater than 0
If we take k = 1, we will get 18

18 when divided by 12 gives 6 remainder.

So,  Answer will be E 
Hope it helps!

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