2006 Cyprus MO/Lyceum/Problem 23

Problem

Of $21$ students taking Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, no student takes one subject only. The number of students taking Mathematics and Chemistry only, equals to four times the number taking Mathematics and Physics only. If the number of students taking Physics and Chemistry only equals to three times the number of students taking all three subjects, then the number of students taking all three subjects is

A. $0$

B. $5$

C. $2$

D. $4$

E. $1$

Solution

Let $x =$ number of students in Math and Physics, $4x =$ number of students in Math and Chem, $y =$ those in all three, $3y =$ those in Physics and Chem. Adding, $5x + 4y = 21$ . We're looking for $y$ , which is $4y \equiv 21 \equiv 1 \pmod{5} \Longrightarrow y \equiv 4 \pmod{5}$ . Since $0 \le 4y < 21$ , the answer is $y = 4\ \mathrm{D}$ .

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