2022 AIME I Problems/Problem 2
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Problem
Find the three-digit positive integer whose representation in base nine is
where
and
are (not necessarily distinct) digits.
Solution 1
We are given that which rearranges to
Taking both sides modulo
we have
The only solution occurs at
from which
Therefore, the requested three-digit positive integer is
~MRENTHUSIASM
Solution 2
As shown in Solution 1, we get .
Note that and
are large numbers comparatively to
, so we hypothesize that
and
are equal and
fills the gap between them. The difference between
and
is
, which is a multiple of
. So, if we multiply this by
, it will be a multiple of
and thus the gap can be filled. Therefore, the only solution is
, and the answer is
.
~KingRavi
Solution 3
As shown in Solution 1, we get
We list a few multiples of out:
Of course,
can't be made of just
's. If we use one
, we get a remainder of
, which can't be made of
's either. So
doesn't work.
can't be made up of just
's. If we use one
, we get a remainder of
, which can't be made of
's. If we use two
's, we get a remainder of
, which can be made of
's.
Therefore we get
so
and
. Plugging this back into the original problem shows that this answer is indeed correct. Therefore,
~Technodoggo
Solution 4
As shown in Solution 1, we get .
We can see that is
larger than
, and we have an
. We can clearly see that
is a multiple of
, and any larger than
would result in
being larger than
. Therefore, our only solution is
. Our answer is
.
~Arcticturn
Solution 5
As shown in Solution 1, we get which rearranges to
So
~vvsss, www.deoma-cmd.ru
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~ThePuzzlr
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