John had to multiply two positive integers. Instead of taking 35 as one of the multipliers, he incorrectly took 53. As a result, the product went up by 540. What is the new product?

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1050

540

1440

1520

1590

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What this question tests

Your command of divisibility, primes, factors, parity, and how the GMAT tests properties of integers.

Forgetting that 1 is not prime, that 0 is divisible by every integer, or that negative numbers flip your assumptions.