2002 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 21

Problem

For all positive integers $n$ less than $2002$ , let

$\begin{eqnarray*} a_n =\left\{ \begin{array}{lr} 11, & \text{if\ }n\ \text{is\ divisible\ by\ }13\ \text{and\ }14;\\ 13, & \text{if\ }n\ \text{is\ divisible\ by\ }14\ \text{and\ }11;\\ 14, & \text{if\ }n\ \text{is\ divisible\ by\ }11\ \text{and\ }13;\\ 0, & \text{otherwise}. \end{array} \right. \end{eqnarray*}$

Calculate $\sum_{n=1}^{2001} a_n$ .

$\mathrm{(A)}\ 448 \qquad\mathrm{(B)}\ 486 \qquad\mathrm{(C)}\ 1560 \qquad\mathrm{(D)}\ 2001 \qquad\mathrm{(E)}\ 2002$

Solution 1

Since $2002 = 11 \cdot 13 \cdot 14$ , it follows that $\begin{eqnarray*} a_n =\left\{ \begin{array}{lr} 11, & \text{if\ }n=13 \cdot 14 \cdot k, \quad k = 1,2,\cdots 10;\\ 13, & \text{if\ }n=14 \cdot 11 \cdot k, \quad k = 1,2,\cdots 12;\\ 14, & \text{if\ }n=11 \cdot 13 \cdot k, \quad k = 1,2,\cdots 13;\\ \end{array} \right. \end{eqnarray*}$

Thus $\sum_{n=1}^{2001} a_n = 11 \cdot 10 + 13 \cdot 12 + 14 \cdot 13 = 448 \Rightarrow \mathrm{(A)}$ . $\begin{array}{lr} 11, & \text{if\ }n=13 \cdot 14 \cdot k, \quad k = 1,2,\cdots 10;\\ 13, & \text{if\ }n=14 \cdot 11 \cdot k, \quad k = 1,2,\cdots 12;\\ 14, & \text{if\ }n=11 \cdot 13 \cdot k, \quad k = 1,2,\cdots 13;\\ \end{array}$ .

Solution 2

Find the LCMs of the groups of the numbers.

Notice that the groups are relatively prime.

So $a_n=$ :

11 if $n$ is a multiple of 182.

13 if $n$ is a multiple of 154.

14 if $n$ is a multiple of 143.

When do we see ambiguities (for example: $n$ is a multiple of 11, 13, and 14)? This is only done when $n$ is a multiple of $\DeclareMathOperator*{\lcm}{11, 13, 14}=2002$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg). However, since $n<2002$ , this can never happen.

So we have 10 multiples of 182 we have to count (1 to 10 $*182$ ), and similarly, 12 multiples of 154, and 13 multiples of 143. The sum is $10*11+12*13+13*14=448$ . Select $\boxed{A}$ .

~hastapasta

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