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How many numbers of two digit are divisible by 3?

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How many numbers of two digit are divisible by 3?

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Solution

In this problem, we need to find out how many two-digit numbers are divisible by 3.

So, we know that the first two-digit number that is divisible by 3 is 12, and the last two-digit number divisible by 3 is 99. Also, all the terms that are divisible by 3 will form an A.P. with a common difference of 3.

So here,

First term (a) = 12

Last term (an) = 99

Common difference (d) = 3

So, let us take the number of terms as n

Now, as we know,

an = a + (n − 1)d

So, for the last term,

99 = 12 + (n − 1)3

99 = 12 + 3n − 3

99 = 9 + 3n

99 − 9 = 3n

Further simplifying,

90 = 3n

`n = 90/3`

n = 30

Therefore, the number of two-digit terms divisible by 3  is 30

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Chapter 9: Arithmetic and geometric progression - Exercise 9B [Page 180]

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Nootan Mathematics [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 9 Arithmetic and geometric progression
Exercise 9B | Q 5. (a) | Page 180
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Chapter 5 Arithmetic Progressions
Exercise 5.4 | Q 16 | Page 25
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