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26 September, 22:56

Find the smallest positive integer that has a remainder of 1 after division by 2, a remainder of 2 after division by 3, a remainder of 3 after division by 4, a remainder of 4 after division by 5, a remainder of 5 after division by 6.

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  1. 26 September, 23:13
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    Step-by-step explanation:

    The smallest number I found was 59 which certainly is true.

    The next one is 119

    And a third one in this series is 179

    I did this by brute force. In other words, I let a computer do all the counting and dividing.
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