2018 AMC 10B Problem 19
Problem 19 of 25HarderNumber Theory
Joey and Chloe and their daughter Zoe all have the same birthday. Joey is year older than Chloe, and Zoe is exactly year old today. Today is the first of the birthdays on which Chloe’s age will be an integral multiple of Zoe’s age. What will be the sum of the two digits of Joey’s age the next time his age is a multiple of Zoe’s age?
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Let Chloe be today; Zoe is In years their age ratio is which is an integer exactly when divides Thus has exactly positive divisors.
A number with divisors has the form or The only two-digit possibility is so Chloe is and Joey is
Joey’s age is a multiple of Zoe’s age exactly when divides The next time is when Joey is Its digit sum is Thus, E is the correct answer.