SOLUTION: How many positive integers not greater than 600 are multiples of 2 but not 3?

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Question 198539: How many positive integers not greater than 600 are multiples of 2 but not 3?
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Exactly half of the numbers from 1 to 600 are divisible by 2, so there are 300 of them. Of those, only one-third of them are divisible by 3, or 100 of them. That leaves 200 that are divisible by 2 but not by 3.


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