X and Y are two natural numbers. X when divided by 5 leaves a remainder A and Y when divided by 9 leaves a remainder B . What is the largest value of A+B

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Answer:  12

Explanation:

When you divide by 5, the possible remainders are one of these numbers {0,1,2,3,4}. So it's the set of whole numbers from 0 to one less than 5.

This means the largest value of A is A = 4.

Similarly, the largest value of B is B = 8 because the possible remainders when dividing by 9 are {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}.

Therefore, the largest possible value of A+B is 4+8 = 12.

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