Buses leave town B at 3pm and every 10 hours after that. Buses leave town C at 4pm and every 15 hours after that. If the buses follow this schedule beginning on a Monday. What is the earliest day on which the buses leave at the same time?
A Tuesday B Wednesday C Thursday D Sunday E So long as they continue operating this manner, they will never leave at the same time.
答案是E ,请解释
PS:用Princeton 2004考, 一般40分钟完成Math, 是不是做的时候做两遍比较好(保险)?
不知道这样解对不对
用等差数列来推算:
设bus离开B的时间为a1, bus离开C的时间为b1, bus离开B的时间和离开C的时间最初相差1小时,即
b1-a1=1
每次发一次车,时间差扩大5小时,即
b2-a2=1+5
b3-a3=1+5+5
所以两辆bus发车时间的差S=1+5n (n>=0)[首发且作为0]
由于1+5n不论n取何值都不可能被24整除(一天为24小时周期),所以两辆bus永不能同时发车
试试
首先不同意楼上的观点:1+5n,若n取19,1+5n=96 96/24=4
因为没说一定要第n辆a车和第n辆b车同时发出
应该是,设数列a为bus1发车的各种可能时刻
an=3+10n
设b为bus2
bm=4+15m
若3+10n=4+15m
即10n-15m=1
2n-3m=1/5
在m,n都为整数的情况下无解
所以E
对吗?
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