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− | If we let <math>k</math> be equal to the number of days it took to read the book, the sum of <math>n</math> through <math>n+k</math> is equal to <math>(2n+k)(k+1)=748</math> Similarly, <math>(2n+k)(k+1)=638</math> We know that both factors must be integers and we see that the only common multiple of <math>748</math> and <math>638</math> not equal to <math>1</math> that will get us positive integer solutions for <math>n</math> and <math>t</math> is <math>11</math>. We set <math>k+1=11</math> so <math>k=10</math>. We then solve for <math>n</math> and <math>t</math> in their respective equations, getting <math>2n+10=68</math>. <math>n=29</math> We also get <math>2t+10=58</math> | + | If we let <math>k</math> be equal to the number of days it took to read the book, the sum of <math>n</math> through <math>n+k</math> is equal to <math>(2n+k)(k+1)=748</math> Similarly, <math>(2n+k)(k+1)=638</math> We know that both factors must be integers and we see that the only common multiple of <math>748</math> and <math>638</math> not equal to <math>1</math> that will get us positive integer solutions for <math>n</math> and <math>t</math> is <math>11</math>. We set <math>k+1=11</math> so <math>k=10</math>. We then solve for <math>n</math> and <math>t</math> in their respective equations, getting <math>2n+10=68</math>. <math>n=29</math> We also get <math>2t+10=58</math>. <math>t=24</math>. Our final answer is <math>29+24=\boxed{053}</math> |
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Revision as of 01:38, 20 May 2017
Problem 5
Anh read a book. On the first day she read pages in
minutes, where
and
are positive integers. On the second day Anh read
pages in
minutes. Each day thereafter Anh read one more page than she read on the previous day, and it took her one more minute than on the previous day until she completely read the
page book. It took her a total of
minutes to read the book. Find
.
Solution 1
Let be the number of days Anh reads for. Because the difference between the number of pages and minutes Anh reads for each day stays constant and is an integer,
must be a factor of the total difference, which is
. Also note that the number of pages Anh reads is
. Similarly, the number of minutes she reads for is
. When
is odd (which it must be), both of these numbers are multiples of
. Therefore,
must be a factor of
,
, and
. The only such numbers are
and
. We know that Anh reads for at least
days. Therefore,
.
Using this, we find that she reads "additional" pages and
"additional" minutes. Therefore,
, while
. The answer is therefore
.
Solution 2
We could see that both and
are divisible by
in the outset, and that
and
, the quotients, are relatively prime. Both are the
number of minutes across the
days, so we need to subtract
from each to get
and
.
Solution 3
If we let be equal to the number of days it took to read the book, the sum of
through
is equal to
Similarly,
We know that both factors must be integers and we see that the only common multiple of
and
not equal to
that will get us positive integer solutions for
and
is
. We set
so
. We then solve for
and
in their respective equations, getting
.
We also get
.
. Our final answer is
See also
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