2024 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 3

The following problem is from both the 2024 AMC 10B #3 and 2024 AMC 12B #3, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

For how many integer values of $x$ is $|2x| \leq 7 \pi$

$\textbf{(A) } 16 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 17 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 19 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 20 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 21$

Solution 1

$\pi = 3.14159\dots$ is slightly less than $\dfrac{22}{7} = 3.\overline{142857}$ . So $7\pi \approx 21.9$ The inequality expands to be $-21.9 \le 2x \le 21.9$ . We find that $x$ can take the integer values between $-10$ and $10$ inclusive. There are $\boxed{\text{E. }21}$ such values.

Note that if you did not know whether $\pi$ was greater than or less than $\dfrac{22}{7}$ , then you might perform casework. In the case that $\pi > \dfrac{22}{7}$ , the valid solutions are between $-11$ and $11$ inclusive: $23$ solutions. Since, $23$ is not an answer choice, we can be confident that $\pi < \dfrac{22}{7}$ , and that $\boxed{\text{E. } 21}$ is the correct answer.

~numerophile

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