2001 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 12
Problem
How many positive integers not exceeding 
are multiple of 
or 
but not 
?
Solution
Out of the numbers 
to 
four are divisible by and three by , counting twice.
Hence 
out of these numbers are multiples of or .
The same is obviously true for the numbers 
to 
for any positive integer 
.
Hence out of the numbers to 
there are 
numbers that are divisible by or .
Out of these 
, the numbers 
, 
, , 
, 
and 
are divisible by .
Therefore in the set 
there are precisely 
numbers that satisfy all criteria from the problem statement.
Again, the same is obviously true for the set 
for any positive integer .
We have 
, hence there are 
good numbers among the numbers to 
. At this point we already know that the only answer that is still possible is 
, as we only have numbers left.
By examining the remaining by hand we can easily find out that exactly 
of them match all the criteria, giving us 
good numbers.
See Also
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