2021 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 11
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Problem
For which of the following integers is the base-
number
not divisible by
?
Solution 1 (Factor)
We have
which is divisible by
unless
The only choice congruent to
modulo
is
~MRENTHUSIASM
Solution 2 (Easy)
Vertically subtracting we see that the ones place becomes 0, and so does the
place. Then, we perform a carry (make sure the carry is in base
!). Let
. Then, we have our final number as
Now, when expanding, we see that this number is simply .
Now, notice that the final number will only be congruent to if either
, or if
(because note that
would become
, and
would become
as well, and therefore the final expression would become
. Therefore,
must be
. Among the answers, only 8 is
, and therefore our answer is
- icecreamrolls8
Solution 3 (Educated Guess)
Note that choices are congruent to
modulo
respectively. Since only one of these choices is correct, we pick
due to its uniqueness.
~MRENTHUSIASM
Video Solution (Simple and Quick)
~ Education, the Study of Everything
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBfRVYx64dA&list=PLexHyfQ8DMuKqltG3cHT7Di4jhVl6L4YJ&index=10
~North America Math Contest Go Go Go
Video Solution 3
~savannahsolver
Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath
~IceMatrix
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