Friday, February 23, 2007

"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"

If 3 is the greatest common divisor of positive integers r and s, what is the greatest common divisor of 2r and 2s?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 6
(E) 12

6 comments:

snj153 said...

its D

Unknown said...

ans:::::::::::D

Anonymous said...

d

Vinay said...

d

Pinu13 said...

D

Admin said...

CORRECT ANS IS D
r/3 and s/3
therefore:
3*x1/3 and 3×2/3 (for some numbers x1 and x2)
now with 2s and 2r:

2*3*x1/? and 2*3*x2/?

the greatest number is 2*3=6

SO U ALL R CORRECT. CONGRATS