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Revision as of 09:40, 1 July 2008
Problem
How many three-digit numbers satisfy the property that the middle digit is the average of the first and the last digits?
Solution
Solution 1
Let the digits be so that
. In order for this to be an integer,
and
have to have the same parity. There are
possibilities for
, and
for
.
depends on the value of both
and
and is unique for each
. Thus our answer is
.
Solution 2
Thus, the three digits form an arithmetic sequence.
- If the numbers are all the same, then there are
possible three-digit numbers.
- If the numbers are different, then we count the number of strictly increasing arithmetic sequences between
and
and multiply by 2 for the decreasing ones:
Common difference | Sequences possible | Number of sequences |
1 | ![]() |
8 |
2 | ![]() |
6 |
3 | ![]() |
4 |
4 | ![]() |
2 |
This gives us . However, the question asks for three-digit numbers, so we have to ignore the four sequences starting with
. Thus our answer is
.
See also
2005 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 10 |
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