CAT 1993QA Question 45

Number TheoryEasy
Passage / Data

Directions for next 3 questions:

Q started to move from point B towards point A exactly an hour after P started from A in the opposite direction. Q’s speed was twice that of P. When P had covered one-sixth of the distance between the points A and B, Q had also covered the same distance.

The smallest number which when divided by 4, 6 or 7 leaves a remainder of 2, is

Answer & solution

  • A

    44

  • B

    62

  • C

    80

  • 86

Solution

Required number = LCM (4, 6, 7) + 2 = 86.

Hence, option (d).

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