document.write( "Question 300773: EVELYN wrote her name 200 times in a row without a space between them. What letter is written in the 100th space? in the 196th space? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #215740 by Edwin McCravy(20086) You can put this solution on YOUR website! EVELYN wrote her name 200 times in a row without a space between them. What letter is written in the 100th space? in the 196th space? \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "If she wrote it only three times\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "E V E L Y N E V E L Y N E V E L Y N\r\n" ); document.write( "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 \r\n" ); document.write( "to find out what was in the 17th space we divide the\r\n" ); document.write( "number of letters in EVELYN, which is 6, into 17\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " 2\r\n" ); document.write( "6)17\r\n" ); document.write( " 12\r\n" ); document.write( " 5\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "The quotient 2 tells us how many times the name has been\r\n" ); document.write( "completed before the 17th letter, and the remainder tells\r\n" ); document.write( "us that how far into the name the 17th letter is into the\r\n" ); document.write( "next or 3rd writing of the name. So the 17th letter is \r\n" ); document.write( "the same as the 5th letter or Y.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "It's the same principle no matter how large the number is,\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " 16\r\n" ); document.write( "6)100\r\n" ); document.write( " 6\r\n" ); document.write( " 40\r\n" ); document.write( " 36\r\n" ); document.write( " 4\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "So the 100th letter is the same as the 4th, or L\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " 32\r\n" ); document.write( "6)196\r\n" ); document.write( " 18\r\n" ); document.write( " 16\r\n" ); document.write( " 12\r\n" ); document.write( " 4\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "So the 196th letter is the same as the 4th, or L.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin\n" ); document.write( " |