Arjun stands at 0. He wants to land exactly on 35 using jumps of 5 to the right and jumps of 8 to the right, in any order. If he uses exactly 3 jumps of 8, how many jumps of 5 does he need?

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It is impossible. Three jumps of 8 give 24. He still needs 35 - 24 = 11, which is not a whole number of 5-jumps (11 ÷ 5 is not whole), so it is impossible.

Arjun stands at 0.
He wants to land exactly on 35 using jumps of 5 to the right and jumps of 8 to the right, in any order.
If he uses exactly 3 jumps of 8, how many jumps of 5 does he need?

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Arjun stands at 0.He wants to land exactly on 35 using jumps of 5 to the right and jumps of 8 to the right, in any order.If he uses exactly 3 jumps of 8, how many jumps of 5 does he need?

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Arjun stands at 0.
He wants to land exactly on 35 using jumps of 5 to the right and jumps of 8 to the right, in any order.
If he uses exactly 3 jumps of 8, how many jumps of 5 does he need?