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== Problem 9 ==
 
== Problem 9 ==
Two integers have a sum of 26. When two more integers are added to the first two integers the sum is 41. Finally when two more integers are added to the sum of the previous four integers the sum is 57. What is the minimum number of even integers among the 6 integers?
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Two integers have a sum of 26. When two more integers are added to the first two integers the sum is 41. Finally when two more integers are added to the sum of the previous four integers the sum is 57. What is the minimum number of odd integers among the 6 integers?
  
<math> \textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\5 </math>
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<math> \textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5 </math>
  
[[2012 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 9|Solution]]
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== Solution ==
  
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Out of the first two integers, it's possible for both to be even: for example, <math>10 + 16 = 26.</math> But the next two integers, when added, increase the sum by <math>15,</math> which is odd, so one of them must be odd and the other must be even: for example, <math>3 + 12 = 15.</math> Finally, the next two integers increase the sum by <math>16,</math> which is even, so we can have both be even: for example, <math>2 + 14 = 16.</math> Therefore, <math>\boxed{\textbf{(A) } 1}</math> is the minimum number of integers that must be odd.
  
  
== Solutions ==
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Sidenote by Williamgolly:
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You can use the sum of each two pairs of numbers and take mod 2. See [[modular arithmetic]]
  
Lets say that all 6 integers added are : <math>a,b,c,d,e,</math> and<math> f</math>.
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==See Also==
  
If <math>a+b=26</math>
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and <math>a+b+c+d=41</math>
 
 
 
Then,
 
<math>c+d=15</math>
 
 
 
Also,
 
 
 
<math>a+b+c+d+e+f=57</math>
 
 
 
<math>a+b+c+d=41</math>
 
 
 
Then,
 
<math>e+f=16</math>
 
 
 
 
 
So
 
 
 
<math>a+b=26</math>
 
 
 
<math>c+d=15</math>
 
 
 
<math>e+f=16</math>
 
 
 
<math>a,b,e,f </math>can be all odd since odd + odd= even. And the sum of the two respective pairs are even.
 
 
 
However, either<math> c</math> or <math>d</math> has to be even to get a odd sum.
 
 
 
Therefore, there is <math>\boxed{1}</math> even integer
 
 
 
OR
 
 
 
<math> \textbf{(A)}</math>
 

Revision as of 10:44, 11 July 2020

Problem 9

Two integers have a sum of 26. When two more integers are added to the first two integers the sum is 41. Finally when two more integers are added to the sum of the previous four integers the sum is 57. What is the minimum number of odd integers among the 6 integers?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5$

Solution

Out of the first two integers, it's possible for both to be even: for example, $10 + 16 = 26.$ But the next two integers, when added, increase the sum by $15,$ which is odd, so one of them must be odd and the other must be even: for example, $3 + 12 = 15.$ Finally, the next two integers increase the sum by $16,$ which is even, so we can have both be even: for example, $2 + 14 = 16.$ Therefore, $\boxed{\textbf{(A) } 1}$ is the minimum number of integers that must be odd.


Sidenote by Williamgolly: You can use the sum of each two pairs of numbers and take mod 2. See modular arithmetic

See Also

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