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== Problem == | == Problem == | ||
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− | <center><math> \mathrm{(A) \ } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } </math></center> | + | <center><math> M = \{ 12 m + 8 n + 4 l: m,n,l \rm{ \ are \ } \rm{integers}\} </math></center> |
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+ | <center><math> N= \{ 20 p + 16q + 12r: p,q,r \rm{ \ are \ } \rm{integers}\} </math></center> | ||
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+ | <center><math> \mathrm{(A) \ } M\subset N \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } N\subset M \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } M\cup N = \{0\} \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }60244 \rm{ \ is \ } \rm{in \ } M \rm{ \ but \ } \rm{not \ } \rm{in \ } N \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } M=N </math></center> | ||
== Solution == | == Solution == | ||
+ | Every [[element]] of <math>M</math> is a [[multiple]] of 4, and any multiple of 4 is an element of <math>M</math> (set <math>m = n = 0</math> and choose <math>l</math> as needed). Every element of <math>N</math> is also a multiple of 4. If <math>k</math> is an integer, <math>4k = 20\cdot 0 + 16\cdot k + 12 \cdot (-k)</math> so that every multiple of 4 is an element of <math>N</math>. Since <math>M</math> and <math>N</math> have the same elements, they are the same [[set]]: <math>M = N \Longrightarrow \mathrm{(E)}</math>. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:06, 19 August 2006
Problem
The relation between the sets
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is
Solution
Every element of is a multiple of 4, and any multiple of 4 is an element of (set and choose as needed). Every element of is also a multiple of 4. If is an integer, so that every multiple of 4 is an element of . Since and have the same elements, they are the same set: .