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From a basket of mangoes when counted in twos there was one extra, counted in threes there were two extra, counted in fours there were three extra, counted in fives there were four extra, counted in sixes there were five extra. But counted in sevens there were no extra. Atleast how many mangoes were there in the basket?
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119 please mark me as brainliest
Step-by-step explanation:
The number has to be evenly divisible by seven for there to be no extras when counting in sevens, and it has to be odd in order for there to be one extra when counting by twos. It also can’t be evenly divisible by three through six.
Thus, checking all the odd multiples of , we see that is the first odd multiple of that satisfies the requirements.
Hence, there are 199 mangoes in the basket.
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