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| − | ==Problem==
| + | #REDIRECT [[2021_Fall_AMC_12B_Problems/Problem_5]] |
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| − | Call a fraction <math>\frac{a}{b}</math>, not necessarily in the simplest form special if <math>a</math> and <math>b</math> are positive integers whose sum is <math>15</math>. How many distinct integers can be written as the sum of two, not necessarily different, special fractions?
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| − | <math>\textbf{(A)}\ 9 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 10 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 11 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\
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| − | 12 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 13</math>
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| − | ==Solution==
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| − | Listing out all special fractions, we get:
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| − | {<math>\frac{1}{14}, \frac{2}{13}, \frac{3}{12}, \frac{4}{11}, \frac{5}{10}, \frac{6}{9}, \frac{7}{8}, \frac{8}{7}, \frac{9}{6}, \frac{10}{5}, \frac{11}{4}, \frac{12}{3}, \frac{13}{2}, \frac{14}{1}</math>}
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| − | Simplifying and grouping based on their denominators gives
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| − | {<math>14, 4, 2</math>}, {<math> \frac{1}{2}, \frac{3}{2}, \frac{13}{2}</math>}, {<math>\frac{1}{4}, \frac{11}{4}</math>}
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| − | Note all other special fractions have denominators that no other special fraction has, and therefore cannot be added with another special fraction to produce an integer. Furthermore, integers can only be produced by adding in these groupings because the denominators are equal so they could simplify to a denominator of 1 after being added.
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| − | By simple inspection, the integers that can be expressed as the sum of two special fractions are:
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| − | {28, 18, 16, 8, 6, 4, 1, 2, 7, 3, 13}
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| − | And there are 11 of them, or \boxed{C}
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| − | ~KingRavi
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| − | ==See Also==
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| − | {{AMC10 box|year=2021 Fall|ab=B|num-a=8|num-b=6}}
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| − | {{MAA Notice}}
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