Rounding

Algebra Level 2

How many integers n n are there such that n 3 \dfrac{n}{3} rounds to 9 9 ?


The answer is 3.

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1 solution

Josh Speckman
Apr 13, 2014

For some value to round to 9 9 , it must be greater than or equal to 8.5 8.5 and less than 9.5 9.5 . Thus we are looking for the integers such that 8.5 n 3 < 9.5 8.5 \le \dfrac{n}{3} < 9.5 . We multiply be 3 3 to get 25.5 n < 28.5 25.5 \le n < 28.5 . The integers in this range are 26 , 27 , 28 {26,27,28} , so there are 3 \fbox{3} integers that satisfy this condition.

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