2017 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 24
Problem 24
Mrs. Sanders has three grandchildren, who call her regularly. One calls her every three days, one calls her every four days, and one calls her every five days. All three called her on December 31, 2016. On how many days during the next year did she not receive a phone call from any of her grandchildren?
Solution 1
In days, there are
days without calls. Note that in the last five days of the year, days
and
also do not have any calls, as they are not multiples of
,
, or
. Thus our answer is
.
Solution 2
Alternatively, there are days without calls. Multiplying the fractions in this order prevents partial days, as
is a multiple of
,
is a multiple of
and
is a multiple of
.
Solution 3
We use Principle of Inclusion and Exclusion. There are days in the year, and we subtract the days that she gets at least
phone call, which is
To this result we add the number of days where she gets at least phone calls in a day because we double subtracted these days. This number is
We now subtract the number of days where she gets three phone calls, which is . Therefore, our answer is
.
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