2021 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 5

The following problem is from both the 2021 AMC 10A #8 and 2021 AMC 12A #5, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

When a student multiplied the number $66$ by the repeating decimal $\underline{1}.\underline{a}\underline{b}\underline{a}\underline{b}...=\underline{1}.\overline{\underline{a}\underline{b}},$ where $a$ and $b$ are digits, he did not notice the notation and just multiplied $66$ times $\underline{1}.\underline{a}\underline{b}$ . Later he found that his answer is $0.5$ less than the correct answer. What is the $2$ -digit number $\underline{a}\underline{b}?$

$\textbf{(A) }15 \qquad \textbf{(B) }30 \qquad \textbf{(C) }45 \qquad \textbf{(D) }60 \qquad \textbf{(E) }75$

Solution

It is known that $0.\overline{ab}=\frac{ab}{99}$ and $0.ab=\frac{ab}{100}$ . Let $\overline {ab} = x$ . We have that $66(1+\frac{x}{100})+0.5=66(1+\frac{x}{99})$ . Solving gives that $100x-75=99x$ so $x=\boxed{\text{(E)} 75}$ . ~aop2014

Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil

https://youtube.com/watch?v=MUHja8TpKGw&t=359s

Video Solution by Hawk Math

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5al76DxyHY

Video Solution (Using repeating decimal properties)

https://youtu.be/vQZ13WiL4WU

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