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1992 AIME Problems
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1992 AIME Problems
Problems
(1)
Decimal Expansion
Source:
2/10/2006
Let
S
S
S
be the set of all rational numbers
r
r
r
,
0
<
r
<
1
0<r<1
0
<
r
<
1
, that have a repeating decimal expansion in the form
0.
a
b
c
a
b
c
a
b
c
…
=
0.
a
b
c
‾
,
0.abcabcabc\ldots=0.\overline{abc},
0.
ab
c
ab
c
ab
c
…
=
0.
ab
c
,
where the digits
a
a
a
,
b
b
b
, and
c
c
c
are not necessarily distinct. To write the elements of
S
S
S
as fractions in lowest terms, how many different numerators are required?
floor function
function