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The product of three positive integers is 300. If one of the
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The product of three positive integers is 300. If one of them is 5, what is the least possible value of the sum of the other two?
A) 16
B) 17
C) 19
D) 23
E) 32
A) 16
B) 17
C) 19
D) 23
E) 32
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02 Feb 2019, 03:50
Carcass wrote:
The product of three positive integers is 300. If one of them is 5, what is the least possible value of the sum of the other two?
A) 16
B) 17
C) 19
D) 23
E) 32
A) 16
B) 17
C) 19
D) 23
E) 32
Explanation::
Here,
it can be written as
5∗x∗y=300
Therefore xy=60
Hence the Possible values of x,y are -
(1*60) , (2*30) , (3*20) , (4*15) , (5*12) , (6*10) , (10*6) , (12*5)
The least possible will be 6 * 10 i.e 6 + 10 = 16
Option A
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