document.write( "Question 254429: How many even numbers, k, in the interval 100 ≤ k ≤ 300 do not have a digit 6 in their decimal representation?\r
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every 10 numbers, you have a last digit of 6.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "300 - 100 = 200 numbers in between.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "divide that by 10 and you get 20.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you will have 20 numbers that have a last digit of 6.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "those number will be:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "every 100 numbers, you will have 10 numbers that have a middle digit of 6.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "those will be:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "that makes a total of 20.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "only half of them will be even.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "those numbers will be:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "160
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "this makes a total of 10 even number with a middle digit of 6.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "within 2 of those numbers, however, you will have a number that has a middle digit of 6 and a last digit of 6.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "those number will be:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "we have to subtract these so they won't be counted twice.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the total number of numbers that have at least 1 digit of 6 would be 20 + 10 - 2 = 28\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the total of even numbers between 100 and 300 = (300-100)/2 + 1 = 101\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the total of even numbers between 100 and 300 that do not contain a digit of 6 either in the last digit or the middle digit would then be equal to:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "101 - 28 = 73\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "that would be selection B.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "here are the total even numbers that contain a digit of 6.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "106
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "that's a total of 28\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the total number of even digits is (300-100)/2 + 1 = 200/2 + 1 = 101\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "that 1 has to be added because the difference doesn't take it into account, and it is even.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(30-20)/2 + 1 = 10/2 + 1 = 6\r
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