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Latest revision as of 21:20, 14 July 2024
- The following problem is from both the 2002 AMC 12P #2 and 2002 AMC 10P #9, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
The function is given by the table
If and
for
, find
Solution 1
We can guess that the series given by the problem is periodic in some way. Starting off, is given.
so
so
so
so
Plugging in
will give us
as found before, and plugging in
will give
and so on. This means that our original guess of the series being periodic was correct. Summing up our findings in a nice table,
in which the next is found by simply plugging in the number from the last box into
The function is periodic every
terms.
, and counting
starting from
will give us our answer of
.
See also
2002 AMC 10P (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 8 |
Followed by Problem 10 | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
2002 AMC 12P (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 1 |
Followed by Problem 3 |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
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