2014 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 21
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For every real number , let denote the greatest integer not exceeding , and let The set of all numbers such that and is a union of disjoint intervals. What is the sum of the lengths of those intervals?
Solution
Let for some integer . Then we can rewrite as . In order for this to be less than or equal to , we need . Combining this with the fact that gives that , and so the length of the interval is . We want the sum of all possible intervals such that the inequality holds true; since all of these intervals must be disjoint, we can sum from to to get that the desired sum is
Video Solution by Richard Rusczyk
https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/amc/2014amc12a/380
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Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil
https://youtube.com/watch?v=MI3ax4WJBZA
(The video is no longer available on YouTube)
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