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If sum of two numbers is 1215 and their HCF is 81 then , How many such pairs of numbers are possible?


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Find the possible number of pairs

Since HCF of both numbers is 81 so both will be a multiple of 81.

Let the first number be =81x

Let the second number =81y

From given data,

81x+81y=1215x+y=121581x+y=15

Thus, when x and y satisfy the above condition, the given condition is met.

The possible pairs of x and y are,

0,15,1,14,2,13,,13,2,14,1,15,0

Ignoring the pairs where one of them is 0 (because if we do consider it, one of the numbers will be 0), we have 13 pairs of numbers.

We observe that the set is symmetric, i.e., there are elements such as a,b and b,a.

Also ignoring those, we have 1,14,2,13,,7,8

So the number of possible pairs are 1,14,2,13,,7,8

Hence, the number of possible pairs are 7.


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