2020 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 7
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How many positive even multiples of less than are perfect squares?
Solution 1
Any even multiple of is a multiple of , so we need to find multiples of that are perfect squares and less than . Any solution that we want will be in the form , where is a positive integer. The smallest possible value is at , and the largest is at (where the expression equals ). Therefore, there are a total of possible numbers.-PCChess
Solution 2
A even multiple square of can be represented by , where is the multiple or and makes it even. Simplifying we have . We can divide by (floor) and get as the result. We can then see that there are different values for . It cannot be larger than or else . And thus
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Solution 3
It can be seen that the problem is just asking for squares that are multiples of six. Thus, all squares of multiples of six can be listed out: , , , , , , and . Since , there are valid answers. ~airbus-a321, November 2023
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