Question 38

After the division of a number successively by 3, 4 and 7, the remainders obtained are 2, 1 and 4 respectively. What will be the remainder if 84 divides the same number?

Solution

Since after division of a number successively by 3, 4 and 7, the remainders obtained are 2, 1 and 4 respectively, the number is of form ((((4*4)+1)*3)+2)k = 53K 

Let k = 1; the number becomes 53

If it is divided by 84, the remainder is 53.

Option d) is the correct answer.

Alternative Solution.

Consider only for 3 and 4 and the remainders are 2 and 1 respectively.

So 5 is the first number to satisfy both the conditions. The number will be of the form 12k+5. Put different integral values of k to find whether it will leave remainder 5 when divided by 7. So the first number to satisfy such condition is 48x4+5= 53


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