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The following problem is from both the 2002 AMC 12A #6 and 2002 AMC 10A #4, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

For how many positive integers $m$ does there exist at least one positive integer n such that $m \cdot n \le m + n$?

$\mathrm{(A) \ } 4\qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } 6\qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 9\qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } 12\qquad \mathrm{(E) \ }$ infinitely many

Solution

Solution 1

For any $m$ we can pick $n=1$, we get $m \cdot 1 \le m + 1$, therefore the answer is $\boxed{\text{(E) infinitely many}}$.


Solution 2

Another solution, slightly similar to this first one would be using Simon's Favorite Factoring Trick.

$(m-1)(n-1) \leq 1$

Let $n=1$, then

$0 \leq 1$

This means that there are infinitely many numbers $m$ that can satisfy the inequality. So the answer is $\boxed{\text{(E) infinitely many}}$.

See Also

2002 AMC 12A (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 5
Followed by
Problem 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions
2002 AMC 10A (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 3
Followed by
Problem 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions

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