问题 解答题

有甲、乙、丙、丁四个人,各对某个两位整数的性质用两句话表述:

甲:“用2除余1”,“用3除余2”.

乙:“用4除余3”,“用5除余4”.

丙:“用6除余5”,“用7除余6”.

丁:“用8除余7”,“用9除余8”.

已知四人中每个人都只说对了一句话,而另一句话是错的.请问这个两位整数是几?

答案

将甲的第一句话用甲-①,第二句话用甲-②表示.

(1)先假设甲-①是错的.

如果甲-①是错的,乙-①所说的整数用4除余3,如果用2除会怎样呢?

用4除余3的整数,也可以说成是4的倍数加上余数3 的整数.4是2的倍数,那么能被4整除的数也一定能被2整除,余数是3,3被2除余1.

因此甲-①,乙-①所说的内容相同,既他们说的都是错的.用同样的思考方法可以说明丙-①和丁-①也都是错的.这时可以肯定甲-②、

乙-②、丙-②、丁-②、是正确的.

从各句话的除数与余数的关系来看,所有话中的余数都是除数减1,因此满足甲-②、乙-②、丙-②、丁-②条件的整数应该是3、5、7、9的公倍数减1的整数,而这样的整数最小的是314,不符合题目要求.

(2)假设甲-②是错误的,根据(1)的思路可知,丙-①、丁-②也是错误的,

因为丁-②是错的,则丁-①是正确的,

即甲-①,乙-①,丙-②,丁-①都是正确的,

则符合条件的是2、4、7、8的公倍数减1的整数,

经验证,这个数是56-1=55.

所以这个两位整数是55.

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