King's Rare Jewels in Three Boxes
XAT 2024 · Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation · Medium · Arithmetic
A king has distributed all his rare jewels in three boxes. The first box contains of the rare jewels, while the second box contains of the rare jewels, for some positive integer value of . The third box contains rare jewels.
How many rare jewels does the king have?
- A.
990
- B.
660
- C.
240
- D.
1080
- E.
Cannot be determined uniquely from the given information.
Answer
A
Explanation
Let be the total number of jewels. . So . Since is a positive integer and , possible values for are . If : (not an integer). If : (not an integer). If : . Thus is uniquely determined.
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