Difference between revisions of "2021 JMPSC Sprint Problems/Problem 1"

Line 11: Line 11:
  
 
<math>\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{6}+\frac{1}{9}=\frac{6}{18}+\frac{3}{18}+\frac{2}{18}=\frac{11}{18}</math> and <math>3+6+9=18</math>, so the answer is <math>\frac{11}{18}\cdot18=\boxed{11}</math>.
 
<math>\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{6}+\frac{1}{9}=\frac{6}{18}+\frac{3}{18}+\frac{2}{18}=\frac{11}{18}</math> and <math>3+6+9=18</math>, so the answer is <math>\frac{11}{18}\cdot18=\boxed{11}</math>.
 +
 +
 +
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
Line 16: Line 19:
 
#[[2021 JMPSC Sprint Answer Key|2021 JMPSC Sprint Answer Key]]
 
#[[2021 JMPSC Sprint Answer Key|2021 JMPSC Sprint Answer Key]]
 
#[[JMPSC Problems and Solutions|All JMPSC Problems and Solutions]]
 
#[[JMPSC Problems and Solutions|All JMPSC Problems and Solutions]]
 
 
 
{{JMPSC Notice}}
 
{{JMPSC Notice}}

Revision as of 16:10, 11 July 2021

Problem

Compute $\left(\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{6}+\frac{1}{9}\right)(3+6+9)$.

Solution

Solving the right side gives $3 + 6 + 9 = 18$. Distributing into the left side gives $\frac{18}{3}+\frac{18}{6}+\frac{18}{9}$, so the answer is $6 + 3 + 2 = \boxed{11}$.


Solution 2

$\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{6}+\frac{1}{9}=\frac{6}{18}+\frac{3}{18}+\frac{2}{18}=\frac{11}{18}$ and $3+6+9=18$, so the answer is $\frac{11}{18}\cdot18=\boxed{11}$.



See also

  1. Other 2021 JMPSC Sprint Problems
  2. 2021 JMPSC Sprint Answer Key
  3. All JMPSC Problems and Solutions

The problems on this page are copyrighted by the Junior Mathematicians' Problem Solving Competition. JMPSC.png