2018 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 19
Problem
Let be the set of positive integers that have no prime factors other than
,
, or
. The infinite sum
of the reciprocals of the elements of
can be expressed as
, where
and
are relatively prime positive integers. What is
?
Solution
It's just since this represents all the numbers in the denominator.
(ayushk)
Solution 2
Separate into 7 separate infinite series's so we can calculate each and find the original sum. The first infinite sequence shall be all the reciprocals of the powers of 2, the second shall be reciprocals of the powers of 3, and the third is reciprocals of the powers of 5. We can easily calculate these to be respectively. The fourth infinite series shall be all real numbers in the form
, where
and
are greater than or equal to 1. The fifth is all real numbers in the form
, where
and
are greater than or equal to 1. The sixth is all real numbers in the form
, where
and
are greater than or equal to 1. The seventh infinite series is all real numbers in the form
, where
and
and
are greater than or equal to 1. Let us denote the first sequence as
, the second as
, etc. We know
,
,
, let us find
. factoring out
from the terms in this subsequence, we would get
. Knowing
and
, we can substitute and solve for
, and we get
. If we do the similar procedures for the fifth and sixth sequences, we can solve for them too, and we get after solving them
and
. Finally, for the seventh sequence, we see
, where
is the infinite series the problem is asking us to solve for. The sum of all seven subsequences will equal the one we are looking for, so solving, we get
, but when we separated the sequence into its parts, we ignored the
, so adding in the
, we get
, which when we solve for, we get
,
,
,
. So our answer is 15/4, but we are asked to add the numerator and denominator, which sums up to 19, which is the answer.
Solution 3
The sum of the infinite series is (1+1/2+1/4+...)(1+1/3+1/9+...)(1+1/5+1/25+...) because using terms from this product, you can create any term from the infinite sum. So, using infinite geometric sum formula, you get 2*3/2*5/4=15/4
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