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Problem
Aaliyah rolls two standard 6-sided dice. She notices that the product of the two numbers rolled is a multiple of . Which of the following integers cannot be the sum of the two numbers?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
First, figure out all pairs of numbers whose product is 6. Then, using the process of elimination, we can find the following: is possible: is possible: is possible: is possible: The only integer that cannot be the sum is
Final answer
B