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Revision as of 22:12, 19 August 2020
Contents
[hide]Problem 10
Find the number of positive integers less than
for which there exists a positive real number
such that
.
Note: is the greatest integer less than or equal to
.
Solution
Solution 1
We know that cannot be irrational because the product of a rational number and an irrational number is irrational (but
is an integer). Therefore
is rational.
Let where
are nonnegative integers and
(essentially,
is a mixed number). Then,
Here it is sufficient for to be an integer. We can use casework to find values of
based on the value of
:
nothing because n is positive
The pattern continues up to . Note that if
, then
. However if
, the largest possible
is
, in which
is still less than
. Therefore the number of positive integers for
is equal to
Solution 2
Notice that is continuous over the region
for any integer
. Therefore, it takes all values in the range
over that interval. Note that if
then
and if
, the maximum value attained is
. It follows that the answer is
See Also
2009 AIME I Problems/Problem 6
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