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GMAT Problem Solving (PS) | Re: Which of the following integers can be written as both the

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arindamsur wrote:

Why not option B.?

Bunuel wrote:
deya wrote:
Hello,
Bunuel one thing I couldn't understand that how the sum is becoming a multiple of 5 & 7. The required sum = 5x + 7x + something. It is not clear to me. Kindly elaborate.


I think that you misunderstood the question.

We should be able to write one of the options as the sum of 5 consecutive odd integers. Also, we should be able to write the same options as the sum of 7 consecutive odd integers.

525 = 101 + 103 + 105 + 107 + 109.
525 = 69 + 71 + 73 + 75 + 77 + 79 +
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