A carpenter has less than 120 minutes to spend painting furniture each day. Today, he has spent 30.5 minutes painting a desk. Now he will paint x chairs, each of which takes 12.5 minutes. What is the maximum number of chairs the carpenter can paint?

Maximum number of chairs is 7.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are told he has less than 120 minutes to spend painting furniture each day.

Now he has spent 30.5 minutes painting a desk.

Also, he wants to paint "x" number of chairs with each chair taking 12.5 minutes.

Thus, we have;

30.5 + 12.5x < 120

Subtract 30.5 from both sides to get;

12.5x < 120 - 30.5

12.5x < 89.5

x < 89.5/12.5

x < 7.16

Thus, maximum number of chairs he can paint is 7

(n^3 - n)

= n(n-1)(n+1)

since it is divisible by 3 and 2 ,because it is a multiple 3 consecutive number

if, n-1 is odd then n+1 is also odd, then it is a multiple of 9

but if, n-1 is even then n+1 is also even, then it is a multiple of 4

so, largest multiple = max(9*2, 4*3) = max(18, 12) = 18