A candy shop sells pieces of Turkish delight in packs of 2 or 5 (the store will not open the packs and sell individual pieces). Find all of the numbers of pieces that can be purchased from this store. You can assume they have unlimited numbers of each type of pack.

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A candy shop sells pieces of Turkish delight in packs of 2 or 5 (the store
will not open the packs and sell individual pieces). Find all of the
numbers of pieces that can be purchased from this store. You can
assume they have unlimited numbers of each type of pack.
Transcribed Image Text:A candy shop sells pieces of Turkish delight in packs of 2 or 5 (the store will not open the packs and sell individual pieces). Find all of the numbers of pieces that can be purchased from this store. You can assume they have unlimited numbers of each type of pack.
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According to the given information, it is required to tell how many numbers of pieces that can pe purchased from the store.

For part (1)

A candy shop sells pieces of Turkish in pack of 2 or 5.

Let the number of packs of 2 be n and the number of packs of 5 be m.

So,

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