2008 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 5
- The following problem is from both the 2008 AMC 12A #5 and 2008 AMC 10A #9, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Suppose that
![\[\frac{2x}{3}-\frac{x}{6}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/5/0/8/5086ca4e08ddc4e7a20b6b10fdf8d0824706658f.png)
is an integer. Which of the following statements must be true about 
?
Solution
![\[\frac{2x}{3}-\frac{x}{6}\quad\Longrightarrow\quad\frac{4x}{6}-\frac{x}{6}\quad\Longrightarrow\quad\frac{3x}{6}\quad\Longrightarrow\quad\frac{x}{2}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/b/f/6bfcc085910df27c7cc1f6881760996e40ed36ff.png)
For 
to be an integer, must be even, but not necessarily divisible by 
. Thus, the answer is 
.
See also
| 2008 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 4 |
Followed by Problem 6 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
| 2008 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 8 |
Followed by Problem 10 | |
| 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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