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Friday, January 17, 2025

2025/005) Consider the formation of integer, x = 1555555\cdots 526 . How to show that whatever amount of digit 5 is placed between 1 \& 2 , 7 ∣ x

We have

x = 1555555\cdots 526 number of 5's >=0$

so x + 29 = 1555555\cdots 5

Let it be a n digit number 

so x + 29 = 10^{n-1} +  5 *111\cdots 1                                  n-1 1's

or  x + 29 = 10^{n-1} + \frac{5}{9}(10^{n-1} -1 )

as 7 is not a factor of 9 

So we have 9(x+29) = 9 * 10^{n-1} + 5 * 10^{n-1} -5

or 9x + 9 * 29 -5 = 14 * 10^{n-1}

so 9x + 266 is divisible by 7

as 266 is divisible by 7 so 9x is divisible by 7 and 7 is coprime to 9 so x is divisible by 7

 

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