2008 iTest Problems/Problem 18

Problem

Find the number of lattice points that the line $19x+20y = 1909$ passes through in Quadrant I.

Solution

Solve for $y$ to get $y = \frac{1909-19x}{20}$ In order for $y$ to be an positive integer, $1909-19x$ must be a multiple of 20 greater than $0$ , so $x \le 100$ . This means that the ones digit of $1909-19x$ is $0$ and the tens digit of $1909-19x$ is even.

The ones digit of $1909-19x$ is $0$ when the last digit of $x$ is $1$ , so the available options are $1, 11, 21 \cdots 91$ . However, since $1909-19x=1909-20x+x$ , the tens digit must be odd. Thus, the only values that work are $11$ , $31$ , $51$ , $71$ , and $91$ , so there are only $\boxed{5}$ lattice points in the first quadrant.

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