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Question
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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