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Matt had instructions to take a box of nails to a classroom that has a number equal to the remainder of the division 2960÷9. matt took the nails to class room 17. without performing calculations, tell whether matt is correct

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2960 mod 9 = 8. So the classrooms he can take it to are 8, 17, 26, ... 17 is among these so he is correct
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