Question:
How many numbers of two digit are divisible by 3?
Solution:
In this problem, we need to find out how many numbers of two digits 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 which are divisible by 3 will form an A.P. with the 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,
$a_{n}=a+(n-1) d$
So, for the last term,
$99=12+(n-1) 3$
$99=12+3 n-3$
$99=9+3 n$
$99-9=3 n$
Further simplifying,
$90=3 n$
$n=\frac{90}{3}$
$n=30$
Therefore, the number of two digit terms divisible by 3 is 30 .