2023 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 15
- The following problem is from both the 2023 AMC 10B #18 and 2023 AMC 12B #15, so both problems redirect to this page.
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Suppose , , and are positive integers such thatWhich of the following statements are necessarily true?
I. If or or both, then .
II. If , then or or both.
III. if and only if .
Solution 1 (Guess and check + Contrapositive)
Try which makes false. At this point, we can rule out answer A,B,C.
A => B or C. equiv. ~B AND ~C => ~A. Let a = 14, b=15 (statisfying ~B and ~C). => C = 2*210. which is ~A.
is true.
So the answer is E. ~Technodoggo
Solution 2
The equation given in the problem can be written as
A counter example is and . Thus, .
First, we prove the ``if part.
Suppose and . However, .
Thus, must be divisible by at least one factor of 210. W.L.O.G, we assume is divisible by 2.
Modulo 2 on Equation (1), we get that . This is a contradiction with the condition that . Therefore, the ``if part in Statement III is correct.
Second, we prove the ``only if part.
Suppose . Because , there must be one factor of 14 or 15 that divides . W.L.O.G, we assume there is a factor of 14 that divides . Because , we have . Modulo on Equation (1), we have .
Because , we have .
Analogously, we can prove that .
This is simply a special case of the ``only if part of Statement III. So we omit the proof.
All analyses above imply
~Steven Chen (Professor Chen Education Palace, www.professorchenedu.com)
Solution 3 (Answer Choices)
It can easily be shown that statement I is false (a counterexample would be ), meaning the only viable answer choices are D and E. Since both of these answer choices include statement III, this means III is true. Since III is true, this actually implies that statement II is true, as III is just a stronger version of statement II (or it's contrapositive, to be precise). Therefore the answer is
~SpencerD. ~edited by A_MatheMagician
See Also
2023 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 17 |
Followed by Problem 19 | |
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All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
2023 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 14 |
Followed by Problem 16 |
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
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