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What is a number that
when divided by 10 leaves a remainder 9 and
when divided by 9 leaves a remainder 8,
when divided by 8 then leaves a remainder 7,
and similarly till 1 ?

What is the Number ?

posted Nov 25, 2016 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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the smallest number obeying these conditions is 89 (THIS is wrong answer, thanks @salil)
yes, being LCM of these numbers any form of (2520*n)-1 will work for this kind of question

answer Nov 25, 2016 by Smriti
89/8 remainder is 1 not 7
Mine is coming out to be 2519
Thanks for pointing out, I have changed it



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