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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>. | ||
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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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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. | 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. | ||
| − | + | == Video Solution by Richard Rusczyk == | |
https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/amc/2012aimei/289 | https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/amc/2012aimei/289 | ||
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Contents
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.
Video Solution by Richard Rusczyk
https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/amc/2012aimei/289
~ dolphin7
Video Solution
https://youtu.be/ZhAZ1oPe5Ds?t=3235
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Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Ox412AkZc ~Shreyas S
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