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Data Sufficiency (DS) | If x, y, and z are positive integers, what is the value of x?

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Bunuel wrote:

If x, y, and z are positive integers, what is the value of x?


(1) \((2^x)(3^y)(5^z) = 300n\)

(2) \(5k = n\), where k is a positive integer.


(1)\((2^x)(3^y)(5^z)=300n= 2^2(5^2)(3)(n)\)
To find the value of x, we need to know the power of 2 in the value of n. Since we don't know the value of n, we can not find a unique value of x.
Thus, insufficient.

(2) n=5k, so n can be 5,10,15, and so on.
=> n can be even or odd.
However, we
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