Putnam 1995 A3
- Session A
The number has nine (not necessarily distinct) decimal digits. The number is such that each of the nine 9-digit numbers formed by replacing just one of the digits is by the corresponding digit () is divisible by 7. The number is related to is the same way: that is, each of the nine numbers formed by replacing one of the by the corresponding is divisible by 7. Show that, for each , is divisible by 7. [For example, if , then may be 2 or 9, since and are multiples of 7.]
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Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya
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