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− | We can set up a 1-1 Correspondence. For any subset of all the digits <math>1</math> to <math>9</math> (<math>0</math> cannot be a digit for ascending order), we can always rearrange them into an ascending monotonous number. So, <math>2^9=512</math>. However, the empty set (<math>\emptyset</math>) is not an integer, so we must subtract 1. Thus, <math>512-1=511</math>. | + | We can set up a 1-1 Correspondence. For any subset of all the digits <math>1</math> to <math>9</math> (<math>0</math> cannot be a digit for ascending order), we can always rearrange them into an ascending monotonous number. Therefore, the number of subsets of the integers <math>1</math> to <math>9</math> is equivalent to the number of ascending integers. So, <math>2^9=512</math>. However, the empty set (<math>\emptyset</math>) is not an integer, so we must subtract 1. Thus, <math>512-1=511</math>. |
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− | We have covered all the cases. We add <math> | + | We have covered all the cases. We add <math>511</math> to <math>1022</math>, giving us <math>1533</math>. So now we just innocently go ahead and choose <math>\textbf{(C) } 1533</math> as our answer, right? No! We overcounted the <math>9</math> ''single-digit integers''. The answer is actually <math>1533-9=\boxed{\textbf{(B) } 1524}</math>. |
~MrThinker | ~MrThinker |
Latest revision as of 19:34, 27 March 2024
- The following problem is from both the 2017 AMC 12B #11 and 2017 AMC 10B #17, so both problems redirect to this page.
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Problem
Call a positive integer monotonous if it is a one-digit number or its digits, when read from left to right, form either a strictly increasing or a strictly decreasing sequence. For example, ,
, and
are monotonous, but
,
, and
are not. How many monotonous positive integers are there?
Solution 1
Case 1: monotonous numbers with digits in ascending order
There are ways to choose n digits from the digits 1 to 9. For each of these ways, we can generate exactly one monotonous number by ordering the chosen digits in ascending order. Note that 0 is not included since it will always be a leading digit and that is not allowed. Also,
(the empty set) isn't included because it doesn't generate a number. The sum is equivalent to
Case 2: monotonous numbers with digits in descending order
There are ways to choose n digits from the digits 0 to 9. For each of these ways, we can generate exactly one monotonous number by ordering the chosen digits in descending order. Note that 0 is included since we are allowed to end numbers with zeros. However,
(the empty set) still isn't included because it doesn't generate a number. The sum is equivalent to
We discard the number 0 since it is not positive. Thus there are
here.
Since the 1-digit numbers 1 to 9 satisfy both case 1 and case 2, we have overcounted by 9. Thus there are monotonous numbers.
Solution 2
Like Solution 1, divide the problem into an increasing and decreasing case:
Case 1: Monotonous numbers with digits in ascending order.
Arrange the digits 1 through 9 in increasing order, and exclude 0 because a positive integer cannot begin with 0.
To get a monotonous number, we can either include or exclude each of the remaining 9 digits, and there are ways to do this. However, we cannot exclude every digit at once, so we subtract 1 to get
monotonous numbers for this case.
Case 2: Monotonous numbers with digits in descending order.
This time, we arrange all 10 digits in decreasing order and repeat the process to find ways to include or exclude each digit. We cannot exclude every digit at once, and we cannot include only 0, so we subtract 2 to get
monotonous numbers for this case.
At this point, we have counted all of the single-digit monotonous numbers twice, so we must subtract 9 from our total.
Thus our final answer is .
Solution 3
Unlike the first two solutions, we can do our casework based off of whether or not the number contains a .
If it does, then we know the must be the last digit in the number (and hence, the number has to be decreasing). Because
is not positive,
is not monotonous. So, we need to pick at least
number in the set
After choosing our numbers, there will be just
way to arrange them so that the overall number is monotonous.
In total, each of the digits can either be in the monotonous number or not, yielding
total solutions. However, we said earlier that
cannot be by itself so we have to subtract out the case in which we picked none of the numbers
. So, this case gives us
.
Onto the second case, if there are no s, then the number can either be arranged in ascending order or in descending order. So, for each selection of the digits
, there are
solutions. This gives
possibilities. Note that we subtracted out the
because we cannot choose none of the numbers.
However, realize that if we pick just digit, then there is only
arrangement. We cannot put a single digit in both ascending and descending order. So, we must subtract out
from there (because there are
possible ways to select one number and for each case, we overcounted by
).
All in all, that gives monotonous numbers.
Solution 4
Let be the number of digits of a monotonous number. Notice for an increasing monotonous number with
, we can obtain 2 more monotonous numbers that are decreasing by reversing its digits and adding a
to the end of the reversed digits. Whenever
digits are chosen, the order is fixed. There are
ways to obtain an increasing monotonous number with
digits. So, there are
monotonous numbers when
. When
, there is no reverse but we could add
to the end, so there are
monotonous numbers.
The answer is:
Solution 5 (Casework / 1-1 Correspondence)
We have 2 cases.
Case 1: Ascending order
We can set up a 1-1 Correspondence. For any subset of all the digits to
(
cannot be a digit for ascending order), we can always rearrange them into an ascending monotonous number. Therefore, the number of subsets of the integers
to
is equivalent to the number of ascending integers. So,
. However, the empty set (
) is not an integer, so we must subtract 1. Thus,
.
Case 2: Descending order
Similarly, any subset of the digits to
can be rearranged into a descending monotonous number. So,
. However,
and
are not positive integers, so we must subtract 2. Thus,
.
We have covered all the cases. We add to
, giving us
. So now we just innocently go ahead and choose
as our answer, right? No! We overcounted the
single-digit integers. The answer is actually
.
~MrThinker
See Also
2017 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 16 |
Followed by Problem 18 | |
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 |
2017 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 10 |
Followed by Problem 12 |
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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