2015 AMC 10B Problem 15
Problem 15 of 25IntermediateNumber Theory
The town of Hamlet has people for each horse, sheep for each cow, and ducks for each person. Which of the following could not possibly be the total number of people, horses, sheep, cows, and ducks in Hamlet?
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Solution
If there are horses and cows, then there are people, ducks, and sheep. The total is therefore .
The listed values except can be written in that form: For , subtracting leaves , none of which is divisible by .
Thus, the correct answer is B.