2015 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 7
Problem
How many terms are in the arithmetic sequence ,
,
,
,
,
?
Solution
, so the amount of terms in the sequence
,
,
,
,
,
is the same as in the sequence
,
,
,
,
,
.
In this sequence, the terms are the multiples of going up to
, and there are
multiples of
in
.
However, one more must be added to include the first term. So, the answer is .
Solution 2
Using the formula for arithmetic sequence's nth term, we see that
.
Solution 3
Minus each of the terms by 12 to make the the sequence .
.
Solution 4
Subtract each of the terms by 10 to make the sequence 3,6,9,....,60,63. Then divide the each term in the sequence by 3 to get 1,2,3,...,20,21. Now it is clear to see that there are 21 terms in the sequence
.
See Also
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