Rotational Symmetry Numbers
1. The problem asks us to find numbers with rotational symmetry of order 2, meaning when rotated 180 degrees, the digits look the same.
2. We analyze digits 0-9 for rotational symmetry:
- Digits 0, 1, 8 are symmetric when rotated 180 degrees and look the same.
- Digit 6 becomes 9, and 9 becomes 6.
- Digits 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 do not form valid digits when rotated.
3. (a) Two-digit number with rotational symmetry order 2:
- Let the two digits be $AB$.
- After 180-degree rotation, the number appears as $BA$ but rotated individually.
- Digit $A$ must match rotated $B$, and digit $B$ must match rotated $A$.
From the digit transformation:
- 0 ↔ 0
- 1 ↔ 1
- 8 ↔ 8
- 6 ↔ 9
- 9 ↔ 6
Possible pairs $(A,B)$ are:
- (0,0), (1,1), (8,8)
- (6,9), (9,6)
Thus, the two-digit numbers include: 00, 11, 88, 69, 96.
Since 00 is not a typical two-digit number, we usually consider 11, 88, 69, 96.
4. (b) Three-digit number with rotational symmetry order 2:
- Let the digits be $ABC$.
- Rotated, the number becomes $C'B'A'$ where $A', B', C'$ are rotated digits of $A, B, C$ respectively.
- For rotational symmetry of order 2, the number $ABC$ must equal $C'B'A'$.
From this,
- $A = C'$ and $B = B'$ and $C = A'$
Possible digits for $B$ are symmetric digits: 0,1,8
Possible pairs for $A$ and $C$ from digit rotation:
- $(0,0), (1,1), (8,8), (6,9), (9,6)$
Example numbers:
- 101 (rotates to 101)
- 609 (rotates to 906, so invalid)
- 689 (6→9, 8→8, 9→6, so 689 rotated is 986, not same)
- 818 (rotates to 818)
- 906 (rotates to 609, so invalid)
- 619 (rotates to 916, invalid)
- 181 (rotates to 181)
Valid three-digit numbers include 101, 181, 808, 818, 689 is invalid because rotated not same. Similarly, try 696 (rotates to 969), so not same.
Therefore, valid examples: 101, 181, 808, 818.
Final answers:
(a) Two-digit numbers with rotational symmetry order 2 include 11, 69, 88, 96
(b) Three-digit numbers with rotational symmetry order 2 include 101, 181, 808, 818