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Question 1160025: If the greatest common divisor of two integers is 1, then we say those two integers are relatively prime to each other, how many even integers which are between 1 and 1000 (including 1 and 1000) and relatively prime to 105? Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) (Show Source):
Since 105 written as a product of primes is 3∙5∙7, we want to subtract from the
1000 integers between 1 and 1000 (including 1 and 1000), all the multiples of
3,5, or 7, for that would remove all integers which have a common divisor with
105 other than 1.
Since the multiples of these three primes overlap, we must use the "sieve"
formula (the method of inclusion and exclusion):
To find the number of multiples of an integer between 1 and 1000 (including 1
and 1000), we divide 1000 by that integer and take only the whole part:
1000/3 = 333.3∙∙∙ so N(multiples of 3) = 333
1000/5 = 200 so N(multiples of 5) = 200
1000/7 = 142.8∙∙∙ so N(multiples of 7) = 142
1000/(3×5) = 66.6∙∙∙ so N(multiples of 3×5=15) = 66
1000/(3×7) = 47.6∙∙∙ so N(multiples of 3×7=21) = 47
1000/(5×7) = 28.5∙∙∙ so N(multiples of 5×7=35) = 28
1000/(3×5×7) = 9.5∙∙∙ so N(multiples of 3×5×7=105) = 9
Substituting in the "sieve" formula:
(333+200+142)-(66+47+28)+(9) = 675-141+9 = 543
That's the number of multiples of 3,5 or 7
We subtract from the 1000 integers between 1 and 1000 (including 1 and 1000)
and get
1000 - 543 = 457 <---answer
Edwin