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Problem 254

AMC 10/12, early questions

Combinatorics Difficulty 3.9 Multiple choice South African Mathematics Olympiad · South Africa

How many of the integers between $97$ and $199$ are multiples of $2$ or $3$ ?

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Official solution

E Between (and including) $98$ and $200$ there are $51$ multiples of $2$ ; between $98$ and $199$ there are $34$ multiples of $3$ . Between $102$ and $198$ there are $17$ multiples of $6$ . The number we seek is $51 + 34 - 17 = 68$

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