2017 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 13

Problem

Define a sequence recursively by $F_{0}=0,~F_{1}=1,$ and $F_{n}=$ the remainder when $F_{n-1}+F_{n-2}$ is divided by $3,$ for all $n\geq 2.$ Thus the sequence starts $0,1,1,2,0,2,\ldots$ What is $F_{2017}+F_{2018}+F_{2019}+F_{2020}+F_{2021}+F_{2022}+F_{2023}+F_{2024}?$

$\textbf{(A)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 7\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 10$

Solution

A pattern starts to emerge as the function is continued. The repeating pattern is $0,1,1,2,0,2,2,1\ldots$ The problem asks for the sum of eight consecutive terms in the sequence. Because there are eight numbers in the repeating pattern, we just need to find the sum of the numbers in the sequence, which is $\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 9}$

Video Solution

https://youtu.be/s4vnGlwwHHw

https://youtu.be/Y09BGCES_PA

~savannahsolver

See Also

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Problem 12
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Problem 14
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