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− | + | Since the problem only asks for the first 28 terms and we only need to calculate mod 1000, we simply bash the first 28 terms: | |
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+ | <math>a_{1}\equiv 1 \pmod 1000</math> | ||
+ | <math>a_{2}\equiv 1 \pmod 1000</math> | ||
+ | <math>a_{3}\equiv 1 \pmod 1000</math> | ||
+ | <math>a_{4}\equiv 3 \pmod 1000</math> | ||
+ | <math>a_{5}\equiv 5 \pmod 1000</math> | ||
+ | <math>\cdots</math> | ||
+ | <math>a_{25} \equiv 793 \pmod 1000</math> | ||
+ | <math>a_{26} \equiv 281 \pmod 1000</math> | ||
+ | <math>a_{27} \equiv 233 \pmod 1000</math> | ||
+ | <math>a_{28} \equiv 307 \pmod 1000</math> | ||
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+ | Adding all the residues shows the sum is congruent to <math>\boxed{834}</math> mod 1000. | ||
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+ | ~ I-_-I | ||
=== Solution 3 (some guessing involved) === | === Solution 3 (some guessing involved) === |
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[hide]Problem
A sequence is defined as follows and, for all positive integers Given that and find the remainder when is divided by 1000.
Solution
Solution 1
Define the sum as . Since , the sum will be:
Thus , and are both given; the last four digits of their sum is , and half of that is . Therefore, the answer is .
Solution 2
Since the problem only asks for the first 28 terms and we only need to calculate mod 1000, we simply bash the first 28 terms:
Adding all the residues shows the sum is congruent to mod 1000.
~ I-_-I
Solution 3 (some guessing involved)
All terms in the sequence are sums of previous terms, so the sum of all terms up to a certain point must be some linear combination of the first three terms. Also, we are given and , so we can guess that there is some way to use them in a formula. Namely, we guess that there exists some such that . From here, we list out the first few terms of the sequence and the cumulative sums, and with a little bit of substitution and algebra we see that , at least for the first few terms. From this, we have that .
Solution by zeroman
See also
2006 AIME II (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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