how many positive integers less than 220 have a remainder of 3 when divided by 9?
first lets start by listing some of the integers that have a remainder of 3 when divided by 9. 3, 12, 21, 30, 39,...., 219 So we just need to figure out how many numbers are in that list.
All of these numbers are in the form: 9k+3, for k =0, 1, 2, 3, 4.... we can see this because: 9(0)+3 = 3 9(1)+3 = 12 so on and so forth.
Just find the last of the possible ones which is 219, and as stated previously in the form 9k+3, therefore 219=9k+3 , k=24 , hence your answer is 24 integers.
so to figure out how many numbers there are, we solve: 219 = 9k+3 216 = 9k 24 = k so there are 25 numbers on the list.
The equation will be 9A+3 Put the value of A = 0,1,2,3....24 Get the series .. Apply A.P get n=?
25
its 25 numbers, because we started at k = 0
My apologies, 3 is also included , so it is 25 integers
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