Home Competitions AMC 12 2016a Problem 3
The remainder can be defined for all real numbers x x x and y y y with y ≠ 0 y \neq 0 y = 0 by rem ( x , y ) = x − y ⌊ x y ⌋ \text{rem} (x ,y)=x-y\left \lfloor \frac{x}{y} \right \rfloor rem ( x , y ) = x − y ⌊ y x ⌋ where ⌊ x y ⌋ \left \lfloor \tfrac{x}{y} \right \rfloor ⌊ y x ⌋ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x y \tfrac{x}{y} y x . What is the value of rem ( 3 8 , − 2 5 ) \text{rem} (\tfrac{3}{8}, -\tfrac{2}{5} ) rem ( 8 3 , − 5 2 ) ?
(A) − 3 8 (B) − 1 40 (C) 0 (D) 3 8 (E) 31 40 \textbf{(A) } -\frac{3}{8} \textbf{(B) } -\frac{1}{40} \textbf{(C) } 0 \textbf{(D) } \frac{3}{8} \textbf{(E) } \frac{31}{40} (A) − 8 3 (B) − 40 1 (C) 0 (D) 8 3 (E) 40 31
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