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by pemdas » Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:28 pm
N=3a+1 and N=10b+2
find r such that N=30c+r?

3a+1=10b+2, when b=1 a=11/3 which is non-integer
when b=2 a=21/3=7

N=3*7+1=11

11/30 is not among our answer choices but 22 is there

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