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by sanju09 » Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:47 am
How often does the sum of positive integers x and y contain their difference?

(1) x - y, with x > y, is a factor of x + y.

(2) x is of the order of 81 thousand and y is of the order of 54 thousand.


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by diebeatsthegmat » Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:36 am
sanju09 wrote:How often does the sum of positive integers x and y contain their difference?

(1) x - y, with x > y, is a factor of x + y.

(2) x is of the order of 81 thousand and y is of the order of 54 thousand.


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sorry for dropping this in wrong bin
to be honest, i dont understand what it is talking about in this PS :(

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by sanju09 » Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:36 am
diebeatsthegmat wrote:
sanju09 wrote:How often does the sum of positive integers x and y contain their difference?

(1) x - y, with x > y, is a factor of x + y.

(2) x is of the order of 81 thousand and y is of the order of 54 thousand.


Source: [email protected]


[spoiler]sorry for dropping this in wrong bin[/spoiler]
to be honest, i dont understand what it is talking about in this PS :(
This is a DS question mistakenly dropped in the PS section, and the mistake has been admitted in the same post, my dear mate, see under spoilers too
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