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My friend Ashish and I were counting numbers up to 1000. He counted multiples of 3 up to 1000, that is 3, 6, 9, ... 999. I counted multiples of 5, that is 5, 10, 15, ... 1000. How many numbers had we together counted, if a number could only be counted once?

567 433 533 467 none of the give options.

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2 solutions

Abhay Tiwari
Jun 7, 2016

Numbers encountered by Ashish \implies 3 , 6 , 9 , 12 , , 999 3,6,9,12, \dots, 999

Total numbers encountered= 333 333

Numbers encountered by me \implies 5 , 10 , 15 , , 1000 5, 10, 15, \dots, 1000

Total numbers encountered= 200 200

Common numbers encountered by both of us will be the multiples of 15 15 as we have 3 × 5 = 15 3×5=15

Total multiples of 15 t i l l 1000 15 \space till 1000 \implies 15 , 30 , 45 , . . . , 990 = 66 15, 30, 45,..., 990 = 66

As we both will count these 66 numbers they have to be removed once.

So, Total numbers encountered by both of us provided that number is counted once = 333 + 200 66 = 467 = 333+200-66 = 467

Nice question and solution(+1) thanks!!

Ashish Menon - 5 years ago

Using A.P.

Ashish counted multiples of 3.

3 , 6 , 9 , . . . , 999 \Rightarrow 3,6,9,...,999

Total numbers counted by Ashish is:

999 = 3 + ( n 1 1 ) 3 999=3+(n_{1}-1)3

n 1 = 333 n_{1}=333

I (Abhay) counted multiples of 5.

5 , 10 , 15 , . . . 1000 \Rightarrow 5,10,15,...1000

Total numbers counted by me:

1000 = 5 + ( n 2 1 ) 5 1000=5+(n_{2}-1)5

n 2 = 200 n_{2}=200

Now, Identical numbers counted by me and Ashish.

These are multiple of 15.

15 , 30 , 45 , . . . 990 \Rightarrow 15,30,45,...990

990 = 15 + ( n 3 1 ) 15 990=15+(n_{3}-1)15

n 3 = 66 n_{3}=66

So, Total numbers counted by me and Ashish are 200 + 333 66 = 467 200+333-66=\boxed{467} .

This question was made for you also. ;)

Abhay Tiwari - 5 years ago

Typo: 990 = 15 + ( n 3 1 ) 15 990 = 15 + (n_3 - 1)15

Hung Woei Neoh - 5 years ago

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Done!!!... Thanks!

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