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A certain manufacturer produces an engine lift with three pulleys and seven levers. If each box contains eight pulleys and the manufacturer is starting with unopened boxes and does not want to have a partial box of pulleys remaining, which of the following could not be the number of levers used in the manufacturing job?

I. 56
II. 84
III. 196

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. II and III only
E. I, II, and III



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I. 56 levers = 8 lifts = 24 pulleys. 24 is a multiple of 8. A and E are wrong.
II. 84 levers = 12 lifts = 36 pulleys. NOT a multiple of 8. C is wrong.
III. 196 levers = 28 lifts = 84 pulleys. NOT a multiple of 8. B is wrong.

Answer choice D.
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Everyone seems to be agreeing that 56 levers can be used, but not 84 and 196.

The question is asking for which numbers CAN'T be used. Only D captures the numbers that can't be used.

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