How many positive integers satisfy ?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B.

  1. Step 1: , so .
  2. Step 2: The positive integers less than are : that is values.
Answer
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Why not the others: is what you get if you include the boundary value. is what you get if you leave out one of the allowed values. is what you get if you count one value too many.

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