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Find the number of positive integers with three not necessarily distinct digits, <math>abc</math>, with <math>a \neq 0</math> and <math>c \neq 0</math> such that both <math>abc</math> and <math>cba</math> are multiples of <math>4</math>. | Find the number of positive integers with three not necessarily distinct digits, <math>abc</math>, with <math>a \neq 0</math> and <math>c \neq 0</math> such that both <math>abc</math> and <math>cba</math> are multiples of <math>4</math>. | ||
− | == Solution == | + | == Solution 1 == |
− | A positive integer is divisible by <math>4</math> if and only if its last two digits are divisible by <math>4.</math> For any value of <math>b</math>, there are two possible values for <math>a</math> and <math>c</math>, since we find that if <math>b</math> is even, <math>a</math> and <math>c</math> must be either <math>4</math> or <math>8</math>, and if <math>b</math> is odd, <math>a</math> and <math>c</math> must be either <math>2</math> or <math>6</math>. There are thus <math>2 \cdot 2 = 4</math> ways to choose <math>a</math> and <math>c</math> for each <math>b,</math> and <math>10</math> ways to choose <math>b</math> since <math>b</math> can be any digit. The final answer is then <math>4 \cdot 10 = \boxed{040.}</math> | + | A positive integer is divisible by <math>4</math> if and only if its last two digits are divisible by <math>4.</math> For any value of <math>b</math>, there are two possible values for <math>a</math> and <math>c</math>, since we find that if <math>b</math> is even, <math>a</math> and <math>c</math> must be either <math>4</math> or <math>8</math>, and if <math>b</math> is odd, <math>a</math> and <math>c</math> must be either <math>2</math> or <math>6</math>. There are thus <math>2 \cdot 2 = 4</math> ways to choose <math>a</math> and <math>c</math> for each <math>b,</math> and <math>10</math> ways to choose <math>b</math> since <math>b</math> can be any digit. The final answer is then <math>4 \cdot 10 = \boxed{040}</math>. |
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+ | == Solution 2 == | ||
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+ | A number is divisible by four if its last two digits are divisible by 4. Thus, we require that <math> 10b + a </math> and <math> 10b + c</math> are both divisible by <math> 4 </math>. If <math> b </math> is odd, then <math> a </math> and <math> c </math> must both be <math> 2 \pmod 4 </math> meaning that <math> a </math> and <math> c </math> are <math> 2 </math> or <math> 6 </math>. If <math> b </math> is even, then <math> a </math> and <math> c </math> must be <math> 0 \pmod 4 </math> meaning that <math> a </math> and <math> c </math> are <math> 4 </math> or <math> 8 </math>. For each choice of <math> b </math> there are <math> 2 </math> choices for <math> a </math> and <math> 2 </math> for <math> c </math> for a total of <math> 10 \cdot 2 \cdot 2 = \boxed{040} </math> numbers. | ||
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+ | == Solution 3 == | ||
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+ | For this number to fit the requirements <math>bc</math> and <math>ba</math> must be divisible by 4. So <math>bc = 00, 04, 08, 12, 16, ... , 92, 96</math> and so must <math>ba</math> for each two digits of <math>bc</math>. There are two possibilities for <math>ba</math> if <math>b</math> is odd and three possibilities if <math>b</math> is even. So there are <math>2^{2} \cdot 5+3^{2} \cdot 4 = 65</math> possibilities but this overcounts when <math>a</math> or <math>c = 0</math>. So when <math>bc = 00, 20, 40, 60, 80</math> and the corresponding <math>ba</math> should be removed, so <math>65 - 5 \cdot 3 = 50</math>. But we are still overcounting when <math>b</math> is even because then <math>a</math> can be 0. So the answer is <math>50 - 10 \cdot 1 = \boxed{040}</math> | ||
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+ | ~LuisFonseca123 | ||
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+ | == Video Solution by OmegaLearn == | ||
+ | https://youtu.be/ZhAZ1oPe5Ds?t=3235 | ||
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+ | ~ pi_is_3.14 | ||
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+ | == Video Solutions == | ||
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+ | https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/amc/2012aimei/289 | ||
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+ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Ox412AkZc | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
{{AIME box|year=2012|n=I|before=First Problem|num-a=2}} | {{AIME box|year=2012|n=I|before=First Problem|num-a=2}} | ||
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+ | [[Category:Introductory Combinatorics Problems]] | ||
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Problem
Find the number of positive integers with three not necessarily distinct digits, , with and such that both and are multiples of .
Solution 1
A positive integer is divisible by if and only if its last two digits are divisible by For any value of , there are two possible values for and , since we find that if is even, and must be either or , and if is odd, and must be either or . There are thus ways to choose and for each and ways to choose since can be any digit. The final answer is then .
Solution 2
A number is divisible by four if its last two digits are divisible by 4. Thus, we require that and are both divisible by . If is odd, then and must both be meaning that and are or . If is even, then and must be meaning that and are or . For each choice of there are choices for and for for a total of numbers.
Solution 3
For this number to fit the requirements and must be divisible by 4. So and so must for each two digits of . There are two possibilities for if is odd and three possibilities if is even. So there are possibilities but this overcounts when or . So when and the corresponding should be removed, so . But we are still overcounting when is even because then can be 0. So the answer is
~LuisFonseca123
Video Solution by OmegaLearn
https://youtu.be/ZhAZ1oPe5Ds?t=3235
~ pi_is_3.14
Video Solutions
https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/amc/2012aimei/289
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Ox412AkZc
See also
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