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==Problem==
 
==Problem==

Revision as of 09:56, 10 November 2023

The following problem is from both the 2023 AMC 10A #9 and 2023 AMC 12A #7, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

A digital display shows the current date as an $8$-digit integer consisting of a $4$-digit year, followed by a $2$-digit month, followed by a $2$-digit date within the month. For example, Arbor Day this year is displayed as 20230428. For how many dates in $2023$ will each digit appear an even number of times in the 8-digital display for that date?

$\textbf{(A)}~5\qquad\textbf{(B)}~6\qquad\textbf{(C)}~7\qquad\textbf{(D)}~8\qquad\textbf{(E)}~9$

Solution

Do careful casework by each month. In the month and the date, we need a $0$, a $3$, and two digits repeated (which have to be $1$ and $2$ after consideration). After the case work, we get $9$, meaning the answer $\boxed{\textbf{(E)}~9}$. For those who are wondering, the numbers are: $20230113$, $20230131$, $20230223$, $20230311$, $20230322$, $20231013$, $20231031$, $20231103$, $20231130$.

Solution 2

There is one $3$, so we need one more (three more means that either the month or units digit of the day is $3$). For the same reason, we need one more $0$.


If $3$ is the units digit of the month, then the $0$ can be in either of the three remaining slots. For the first case (tens digit of the month), then the last two digits must match ($11, 22$). For the second (tens digit of the day), we must have the other two be $1$, as a month can't start with $2$ or $0$. There are $3$ successes this way.


If $3$ is the tens digit of the day, then $0$ can be either the tens digit of the month or the units digit of the day. For the first case, $1$ must go in the other slots. For the second, the other two slots must be $1$ as well. There are $2$ successes here.


If $3$ is the units digit of the day, then $0$ could go in any of the $3$ remaining slots again. If it's the tens digit of the day, then the other digits must be $1$. If $0$ is the units digit of the day, then the other two slots must both be $1$. If $0$ is the tens digit of the month, then the other two slots can be either both $1$ or both $2$. In total, there are $4$ successes here.

Summing through all cases, there are $3 + 2 + 4 = \boxed{\textbf{(E)}~9}$ dates.

-Benedict T (countmath1)

Video Solution 1 by OmegaLearn

https://youtu.be/xguAy0PV7EA

See Also

2023 AMC 10A (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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
2023 AMC 12A (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 6
Followed by
Problem 8
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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