Maths Olympiad Prep

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Problem 379

AMC 12 late, AIME early
Number theory Difficulty 4.7 Find the answer

Find the sum of all positive even two-digit numbers that are divisible by 3.

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

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Official solution

## Solution.

From the condition, we have a1=12,an=96,d=12a_{1}=12, a_{n}=96, d=12.

Using formulas (4.4) and (4.5), we get

n=ana1d+1;n=96126+1=15,Sn=12+96215=810 n=\frac{a_{n}-a_{1}}{d}+1 ; n=\frac{96-12}{6}+1=15, S_{n}=\frac{12+96}{2} \cdot 15=810 \text {. }

Answer: 810.

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