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There are six consecutive positive integers in Set S. What is the value of positive integer n?
(1) When each integer in S is divided by n, the sum of remainders is 11.
(2) When each integer in S is divided by n, the remainders include five different values.
(1) When each integer in S is divided by n, the sum of remainders is 11.
(2) When each integer in S is divided by n, the remainders include five different values.
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When dividing a positive integer by the positive integer \(n\), there are \(n\) possible remainders:
\(0,1,2,...,n-1\).
(1) If \(n=4\), the remainders are \(0,1,2,3,0,1,2,3...\) We can have a sequence of remainders \(2,3,0,1,2,3\) with a sum of \(11.\)
If \(n = 5\), the remainders are \(0,1,2,3,4,0,1,2,3,4,...\) We can have a sequence of remainders \(1,2,3,4,0,1\) again with a sum of \(11.\)
Not sufficient.
(2) We have 6 numbers in our sequence and only 5 distinct remainders, so necessarily \(n=5.\)
And as we have seen above, the remainders \(1,2,3,4,0,1\) give the sum of \(11.\)
Sufficient.
Answer B.
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There are six consecutive positive integers in Set S. What is the value of positive integer n?
(1) When each integer in S is divided by n, the sum of remainders is 11.
(2) When each integer in S is divided by n, the remainders include five different values.
The question states that the numbers are 6 consecutive terms, so we only need to know the first term; there is only one variable and 2 equations, so there is high chance that (D) will be the answer.
Looking at condition 1, for {1,2,3,4,5,6} and n=5, the sum of the remainder is 1+2+3+4+0+1=11, but for {2,3,4,5,6,7} and n=4, the sum of the remainder is also 2+3+0+1+2+3=11. n=4,5; no unique value of n is given, so this condition is insufficient.
Looking at condition 2, in order to have different remainders, n has to be 5. So the remainder becomes 0,1,2,3,4. This condition gives a unique value of n, so the answer becomes (B).
Normally 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 D has a high chance of being the answer, which is why we attempt to solve the question using 1) and 2) separately. Here, there is 59 % chance that D is the answer, while A or B has 38% chance. There is 3% chance that C or E is the answer for the case. Since D is most likely to be the answer according to DS definition, we solve the question assuming D would be our answer hence using 1) and 2) separately. Obviously there may be cases where the answer is A, B, C or E.
There are six consecutive positive integers in Set S. What is the value of positive integer n?
(1) When each integer in S is divided by n, the sum of remainders is 11.
(2) When each integer in S is divided by n, the remainders include five different values.
The question states that the numbers are 6 consecutive terms, so we only need to know the first term; there is only one variable and 2 equations, so there is high chance that (D) will be the answer.
Looking at condition 1, for {1,2,3,4,5,6} and n=5, the sum of the remainder is 1+2+3+4+0+1=11, but for {2,3,4,5,6,7} and n=4, the sum of the remainder is also 2+3+0+1+2+3=11. n=4,5; no unique value of n is given, so this condition is insufficient.
Looking at condition 2, in order to have different remainders, n has to be 5. So the remainder becomes 0,1,2,3,4. This condition gives a unique value of n, so the answer becomes (B).
Normally 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 D has a high chance of being the answer, which is why we attempt to solve the question using 1) and 2) separately. Here, there is 59 % chance that D is the answer, while A or B has 38% chance. There is 3% chance that C or E is the answer for the case. Since D is most likely to be the answer according to DS definition, we solve the question assuming D would be our answer hence using 1) and 2) separately. Obviously there may be cases where the answer is A, B, C or E.
