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Problem
A faulty car odometer proceeds from digit 3 to digit 5, always skipping the digit 4, regardless of position. If the odometer now reads 002005, how many miles has the car actually traveled?
Solution
We find the number of numbers with a and subtract from
. Quick counting tells us that there are
numbers with a 4 in the hundreds place,
numbers with a 4 in the tens place, and
numbers with a 4 in the units place (counting
). Now we apply the Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion. There are
numbers with a 4 in the hundreds and in the tens, and
for both the other two intersections. The intersection of all three sets is just
. So we get:
![$2005-(200+200+201-20-20-20+2) = 1462 \Longrightarrow \mathrm{(B)}$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/5/a/2/5a216ed52089b61ce91bbe84405a12ad39791de9.png)
Alternatively, consider that counting without the number is almost equivalent to counting in base
; only, in base
, the number
is not counted. Since
is skipped, the symbol
represents
miles of travel, and we have traveled
miles. By basic conversion,
.
See also
2005 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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