Akın and Gökay play a game by drawing balls from a bag containing 10 balls numbered from 1 to 10. After drawing two balls, Akın tells Gökay the product of the numbers on the balls he drew, and the following conversation takes place between them: Akın: Can you find the numbers on the balls I drew? Gökay: The information you gave is insufficient. There is more than one solution. Akın: What if I say the sum of the numbers on the balls I drew is 11? Gökay: Okay, now I found it for certain. Accordingly, which of the following cannot be the difference between the numbers on the balls that Akın drew? A) 1 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7 E) 9
Akın and Gökay play a game by drawing balls from a bag containing 10 balls numbered from 1 to 10. After drawing two balls, Akın tells Gökay the product of the numbers on the balls he drew, and the following conversation takes place between them:
Akın: Can you find the numbers on the balls I drew?
Gökay: The information you gave is insufficient. There is more than one solution.
Akın: What if I say the sum of the numbers on the balls I drew is 11?
Gökay: Okay, now I found it for certain.
Accordingly, which of the following cannot be the difference between the numbers on the balls that Akın drew?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7
E) 9