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August 19, 2018
Prime factor of last page - Pre RMO 2018 Problem 1 Discussion
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="Blog Hero" _builder_version="3.0.82" use_background_color_gradient="on" background_color_gradient_start="rgba(114,114,255,0.24)" background_color_gradient_end="#ffffff" background_blend="multiply" custom_padding="0|0px|0|0px|false|false" animation_style="slide" animation_direction="top" animation_intensity_slide="2%" locked="off"][et_pb_row custom_width_px="1280px" custom_padding="27px|0px|27px|0px" custom_margin="|||" _builder_version="3.0.82" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47" parallax="off" parallax_method="on"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.12.2" text_text_color="#474ab6" text_line_height="1.9em" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" text_orientation="center" max_width="540px" module_alignment="center" locked="off"] A book is published in three volumes, the pages being numbered from 1 onwards. The page numbers are continued from the first volume to the third. The number of pages in the second volume is 50 more than in the first volume, and the numberpages in the third volume is one and a half times that in the second. The sum of the page numbers on the first pages of the three volumes is 1709. If n is the last page number. What is the largest prime factor of n? [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="Blog" _builder_version="3.0.82" custom_margin="|||" custom_padding="0px|0px|21px|0px|false|false"][et_pb_row use_custom_width="on" custom_width_px="960px" custom_padding="0|0px|24px|0px|false|false" _builder_version="3.0.82" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47" parallax="off" parallax_method="on"][et_pb_tabs _builder_version="3.12.2"][et_pb_tab title="Hint 1" _builder_version="3.12.2"] Suppose the number of pages is the First Volume is t. It's first page is numbered 1. Then the second volume has t+50 pages. Its first page is numbered t+1. Finally, the third volume has \( \frac{3}{2} \times ( t + 50) \) pages. Its first page is (t + t + 50 + 1 =) 2t + 51. [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 2" _builder_version="3.12.2"] Sum of the page numbers of first pages of three volumes is: 1 + t +1 + 2t + 51 = 3t + 51. 3t + 51 = 1709 This implies t= 552 [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 3" _builder_version="3.12.2"] The total number of pages in three volumes is \( t + t + 50 + \frac{3}{2} \times (t+50) \\ = \frac {4t + 100 + 3t + 150}{2} \\ = \frac { 7 \times 552 + 250}{2} \\ = 2057 = 11^2 \times 17 \). Hence the greatest prime factor is 17. [/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="Footer" _builder_version="3.0.82" background_color="#f7f8fc" custom_padding="0px|0px|2px|0px|false|false" animation_style="zoom" animation_direction="bottom" animation_intensity_zoom="6%" animation_starting_opacity="100%" saved_tabs="all"][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter="on" gutter_width="2" custom_padding="24px|0px|145px|0px|false|false" _builder_version="3.0.82" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="3.0.47" parallax="off" parallax_method="on"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.82" text_text_color="#7272ff" header_font="|on|||" header_text_color="#7272ff" header_font_size="36px" header_line_height="1.5em" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" custom_margin="||20px|" animation_style="slide" animation_direction="bottom" animation_intensity_slide="10%"]
Didn't get the second hint that how 1 + t + 1 + 2t + 51 = 3t + 51.
Why the two 1s re not added here? Why it isn't 3t + 53?!
It was misprint. Typing error.. It's only 3t+53