Is 5a-6b is a multiple of 7 ?? a & b are integers
1 : 3a+5b is a multiple of 7
2 : 5a + 3b is a multiple of 7
For me, the ans is C. I welcome vetran members to verify.
Most important part here is a and b both are integers.
1: not sufficient alone as we dont know the values of a and b. we can fit numbers though but there are multiple options like a=1,b=5.
2: Again not sufficient alone as we dont know the values of a and b.
Combine 1+2: when 2 numbers are multiple of a number then there sum and their differences too are multiples of that number. you can fit examples and it is independent of the negative or positive sign.
Add both eq to get: 8a+8b-> 8(a+b). now 8 is not multiple of 7 so a+b must be the multiple of 7.
Subtract eq to get: 2a-2b-> 2(a-b), again here a-b is the multiple of 7 as 2 is not.
Again same fundamental and we can add and substract the new eq so (a+b) + (a-b) = 2a--> a is multiple of 7, (a+b)-(a-b)=2b--> b is multiple of 7, so all m*a+/-n*b will be multiple of 7.
