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by vish_bond » Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:37 pm
Hello Folks,

Can someone please tell me,
when we say 'x is 2 greater than a multiple of 5' can we really consider 5 as a multiple of 5 as 5 = 5 x 1
or shall we consider 10 ,15..60..125, 255,655 etc only.
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by jainnikhil02 » Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:33 pm
hi dude

can you be little bit clear..
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by goalevan » Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:21 pm
Yes, if a problem states that "x is 2 greater than a multiple of 5", x could be 7. Note that 0 is also a multiple of 5, along with -5, -10, -15, etc..
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by pankajks2010 » Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:30 am
In this case, a general equation for x can be : x=5k+2, where k is an integer
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