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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How many ways can you stack 77 books into equal piles?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

two ways: piles of 7 piles of 11

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

welcome

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and 77 piles of 1 and 1 pile of 77

OpenStudy (anonymous):

question was "equal piles" which implies at least two piles

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so 1 pile of 77 is not counted

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I was just about to say that, and though 77 is more than 2, 1 book does not a pile make.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

he question was " How many ways can you stack 77 books into equal piles?" I wanted to check over my work for that one question but thanks for helping me!!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i mean the

OpenStudy (calculusxy):

what u basically had to do is find all the factors of 77. however 77 is a composite number making the factors of 1, 7, 11, 77.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So you can stack it in 2 ways?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What are they?

OpenStudy (calculusxy):

well 2, i would say

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Again, as I said in the first post, there are only 2 ways to stack equal pilieS piles of 7 piles of 11

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh ok|dw:1381890853350:dw|

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