2018 AMC 10B Problem 19

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Concepts:factor countingdivisibilitydigits

Difficulty rating: 1990

19.

Joey and Chloe and their daughter Zoe all have the same birthday. Joey is 11 year older than Chloe, and Zoe is exactly 11 year old today. Today is the first of the 99 birthdays on which Chloe's age will be an integral multiple of Zoe's age. What will be the sum of the two digits of Joey's age the next time his age is a multiple of Zoe's age?

77

88

99

1010

1111

Solution:

Let Chloe be nn today; Zoe is 1.1. In tt years her age over Zoe's is n+t1+t=1+n11+t,\frac{n + t}{1 + t} = 1 + \frac{n - 1}{1 + t}, an integer exactly when 1+t1 + t divides n1.n - 1. So the number of such birthdays is the number of divisors of n1.n - 1. Nine of them means n1n - 1 has 99 divisors, forcing n1=2232=36n - 1 = 2^2 \cdot 3^2 = 36 (the only two-digit choice). So Chloe is 3737 and Joey is 38.38. Now Joey's age 38+t38 + t is a multiple of 1+t1 + t iff 1+t1 + t divides 37.37. The next such time is t=36,t = 36, when Joey is 74.74. Its digit sum is 7+4=11.7 + 4 = 11. Thus, E is the correct answer.

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