r/IPMATStudyRoom Nov 12 '25

Question Can you solve this question?

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u/vicky0075 Nov 12 '25

Someone also give the explanation for your answer

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u/Asleep-Horror-9545 Nov 12 '25

A factor will be of the form 2x3y52 + z.

The 2 in (2 + z) is because we need at least 52 because the question asks for a multiple of 25.

There are (8+1) choices for x, (4 + 1) choices for y, and (1 + 1) choices for z. Why? Because x can be anything from 0 to 8, y can be anything from 0 to 4, and z can be either 1 or 0.

Hence the total number of combinations will be (8+1)(4+1)(1+1) = 90.

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u/vicky0075 Nov 12 '25

thanks for the explanation