2007 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 12
- The following problem is from both the 2007 AMC 12A #12 and 2007 AMC 10A #16, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Integers 
and 
, not necessarily distinct, are chosen independently and at random from 0 to 2007, inclusive. What is the probability that 
is even?
Solution 1
The only time when is even is when 
and 
are of the same parity. The chance of being odd is 
, since the only way to have be odd is to have both 
and be odd. As a result, has a 
probability of being even. also has a 
chance of being odd and a 
chance of being even. Therefore, the probability that will be even is 
.
Solution 2 (casework)
If we don't know our parity rules, we can check and see that is only even when and are of the same parity (as stated above). From here, we have two cases.
Case 1: 
(which must be 
). The probability for this to occur is 
, because each integer has a 
chance of being odd.
Case 2: 
(which occurs in 4 cases: 
), (
) (alternating of any kind), and (
) with its reverse, (
).
Our first subcase of case 2 has a chance of 
(same reasoning as above).
Our second subcase of case 2 has a chance, since only the 2nd and 4th flip matter (or 1st and 3rd).
Our third subcase of case 2 has a 
chance, because the 1st, 2nd, and either 3rd or 4th flip matter.
Our fourth subcase of case 2 has a chance, because it's the same, just reversed.
We sum these, and get our answer of 
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See also
| 2007 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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