2013 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 17
Problem
Daphne is visited periodically by her three best friends: Alice, Beatrix, and Claire. Alice visits every third day, Beatrix visits every fourth day, and Claire visits every fifth day. All three friends visited Daphne yesterday. How many days of the next 365-day period will exactly two friends visit her?
Solution
The 365-day time period can be split up into 60-day time periods, because, after
days, all three of them visit again. (Least common multiple of
,
, and
)
You can find how many times each pair of visitors can meet by finding the LCM of their visiting days and dividing that number by 60
Remember to subtract 1, because you do not wish to count the 60th day, when all three visit.
A and B visit times.
B and C visit
times.
C and A visit
times.
This is a total of visits per
day period.
Therefore, the total number of 2-person visits is
.
See Also
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