Sunday, April 1, 2007

"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"

If the sum of two prime numbers x and y is odd, then the product of x and y must be divisible by
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 8

6 comments:

  1. the first two prime numbers are 2 and 3 and their sum is odd(5)
    so the product is divisible both by 2 and 3
    so why it is not B

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  2. A

    @above

    dude,it is asked in qs tht it must be divisible by the ans...

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  3. 6 is divisible by A)2
    and B)3 so is 3 not in the answer

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  4. a . is the answer
    any prime number other than two is odd
    and sum of two odd numbers is always even as such among x and y one has to be 2 for x+y to be odd
    therefore x*y should always be divisible by 2

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  5. a

    take one more eg say 11 and 2

    11*2=22
    divisible by 2

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