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Paper?  Date: 10/30/2001 at 02:23:05 From: Jessica Subject:
Number Theory  pads did he sell?  I don't understand how to
solve this without knowing at least one more  variable, like how
much or what percent they were marked down to.  Date: 10/30/2001
at 08:46:16 From: Doctor Paul Subject: Re: Number Theory  The
integer 60377 has only four factors: 1, 173, 349, 60377  So
60377 = 1 * 60377 or 173 * 349  It follows then that      603.77
=  .01 * 60377   or              1.73 * 349     or
173 * 3.49    or                 1 * 603.77  But since we know
the merchant charged less than $2.00, we can assume  he sold
them for either $1.73 each or $.01 each.  In the former case he
sold 349 pads, and in the latter case he sold  60377 pads.
Notice that 1.73 * 349 = 603.7699999999999999999999999...  and
.01 * 60377 = 603.77  I'm guessing that the correct answer here
is probably 349 sinc