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by sanju09 » Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:09 am
mgmt_gmat wrote:If w, x, y, and z are integers such that 1 < w < x < y < z and wxyz = 462, then z =?
A. 7
B. 11
C. 14
D. 21
E. 42
462 = 2*3*7*11

z = [spoiler]11[/spoiler].

[spoiler]B[/spoiler]
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by ajith » Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:46 am
mgmt_gmat wrote:If w, x, y, and z are integers such that 1 < w < x < y < z and wxyz = 462, then z =?
A. 7
B. 11
C. 14
D. 21
E. 42
462 = 2*3*7*11

Now since all of w, x, y, and z are integers and 1 < w < x < y < z

w=2; x=3 y =7 and z =11

B
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