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A sequence A A is defined by A n = 1.25 n . A_n = 1.25n. For how many integer values of n n with 0 n 1000 0 \leq n \leq 1000 , is A n A_n an integer?


The answer is 251.

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6 solutions

Daniel Chiu
Oct 13, 2013

A n = 5 n 4 A_n=\dfrac{5n}{4} This is an integer when 4 n 4|n (4 divides n n ). There are 251 \boxed{251} multiples of 4 such that 0 n 1000 0\le n\le 1000 .

I think so 351 is the right answer according to you there are 251 multiples of 4 such that 0≤n≤1000 that is absolutely right but what about the 100 multiples of 10 this gives u the answer 251 + 100 = 351

Rupesh Jogani - 7 years, 8 months ago

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Consider n = 10 n=10 . 1.25 n = 12.5 1.25n=12.5 , which is not an integer. To remove the 4 in the denominator, the number needs two 2's in the prime factorization.

Daniel Chiu - 7 years, 8 months ago

you don't say, 10 is not the product of 4, but 100 is product of 4, adn if An=10>1,25 it becomes 12,5.

Jogy MS - 7 years, 8 months ago

oops thanks for the solution i dont know it because i am still in grade 6

Acu Jenny - 7 years, 7 months ago
Benjamin Kan
Oct 15, 2013

n must be divisible by 4 (because only 4 1.25 4\cdot1.25 is an integer so 1000 4 = 250 \frac{1000}{4}=250 Then, we have to add 1 to account for 0, because n can be 0 and the 250 numbers are positive multiples of 4. Therefore, our answer is: 250 + 1 = 251 250+1=\boxed{251}

thanks :)

Thanh Duong - 7 years, 7 months ago

We can do this by A.P. also. we need the number of terms b/w 0 and 1000 divisible by 4. Therefore, 1000=0+(n-1)4 and we get n=251

kuldeep sagwal - 7 years, 7 months ago

yeah, i forget that 0 is one of them,,

Fajar Liverpudlian - 7 years, 7 months ago

But, 0 is not an integer.it comes under whole numbers Z (0,1,2,3,.......).if you take n=0, then An can not be an integer,,it'll be a whole number, which is also called as non-negative number..

Chandra Chennamsetti - 7 years, 7 months ago
Gopala Krishna
Oct 15, 2013

We can write 1.25n as 5n/4. 5n/4 is integer only when n is a multiple of 4. Between 0 and 1000 there are 250 multiples of 4. ((1000/4)=250). And also 0 is multiple of every number. So, total 251 possibilties of n.

Alex Panebianco
Feb 25, 2014

1.25n will only ever be an integer when n > 0 is a multiple of 4, so will only be an integer for quarter of the integers from 1 - 1000, giving us 250.

We can also count n = 0 as an answer, giving us 251 values of n, for which 1.25n is an integer..

Arkan Megraoui
Nov 26, 2013

We can write 1.25 n = ( 1 + 1 4 ) n = ( 5 4 ) n = 5 n 4 1.25n=(1+\frac{1}{4})n=(\frac{5}{4})n=\frac{5n}{4} . It is an integer iff 4 5 n 4\mid 5n . But 4 5 4\nmid 5 , so we need 4 n 4\mid n . This happens when n { 0 × 4 , 1 × 4 , . . . , 250 × 4 n\in \{0\times 4, 1\times 4, ..., 250\times 4 , a total of 251 \boxed{251} possible values.

Ryan Wood
Oct 17, 2013

Because 1 n 1n is always an integer we disregard that and focus on the 0.25 n 0.25n . We see that 0.25 n 0.25n is an integer every 4th number because 1 0.25 = 4 \frac{1}{0.25} = 4 . 1000 4 = 250 \frac{1000}{4} = 250 . We now have 250 250 values and also add 1 for n = 0 n = 0 , the answer is 251 \boxed{251}

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