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i have a deck of cards, and i deal all of the cards to players, with each player getting cards. if is at least and is at least , then how many possible values of are there?

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Answer:

4

Explanation:

We want xy=54=2*3^3 such that x is at least 2 and y is at least 5. Thus, the possible combinations (x,y) are (2,27), (3,18), (6,9), and (9,6). There are 4 such combinations.

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