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OG 12 DS MULTIPLE OF 105

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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:33 am
IS POSITIVE INTEGER X IS A MULTIPLE OF 6 AND POSITIVE INTEGER Y IS A MULTIPLE OF 14, IS XY A MULTIPLE OF 105?

1. X IS A MULTIPLE OF 9.
2. Y IS A MULTIPLE OF 25

PLZ EXPLAIN
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Source: — Data Sufficiency |

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by selango » Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:48 am
IMO B

the prime factors of x are 2,3

the prime factors of y are 2,7

the prime factors of 105 are 3,5,7

All these prime factors should be the factor of XY.Only 5 is missing in XY.

Stmt 2 tell us that 5 is the factor of y.

Hence B
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