A box contains 50 tickets, numbered from 1 to 50. A person picks out three tickets from the box, such that the product of the numbers on two of the tickets yields the number on the third ticket. Which of the following tickets can never be picked as a third ticket?

A box contains 50 tickets, numbered from 1 to 50. A person picks out three tickets from the box, such that the product of the numbers on two of the tickets yields the number on the third ticket. Which of the following tickets can never be picked as a third ticket? Correct Answer 25

Explanation:

A person picks out three tickets from the box, such that the product of the numbers on two of the tickets yields the number on the third ticket.

Let us check the options one by one.

24 = 4 × 6 → Possible

25 = 5 × 5 → Not possible as only one 5 number ticket is available.

30 = 6 × 5 → Possible

45 = 5 × 9 → Possible

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