2010 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 18
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Problem
Positive integers , , and are randomly and independently selected with replacement from the set . What is the probability that is divisible by ?
Solution 1
First we factor into . For to be divisible by three we can either have be a multiple of 3 or be a multiple of three. Adding the probability of these two being divisible by 3 we get that the probability is
Solution 2
We look at the probability of each term being 3. 1/3 for the first term, 1/9 for the second term, and 1/27 for the third term. So the solution is 13/27 or E.
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