A number leaves remainder 41 when divided by 42. What is the remainder when 85 is added to the number and the result is divided by 42?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: 0
Step 1: The original remainder is 41. Step 2: (85) leaves remainder 1 on division by 42, so total remainder (41+1=42), which becomes 0. Step 3: When adding a large number, first find its smaller remainder.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
0
Why is this the correct answer?
Step 1: The original remainder is 41. Step 2: (85) leaves remainder 1 on division by 42, so total remainder (41+1=42), which becomes 0. Step 3: When adding a large number, first find its smaller remainder.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Mathematics question. Chapter: Real Numbers. Topic: Euclid’s Division Lemma.
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