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We only need to find the remainders of N when divided by 5 and 9 to determine the answer. | We only need to find the remainders of N when divided by 5 and 9 to determine the answer. | ||
By inspection, <math>N \equiv 4 \text{ (mod 5)}</math>. | By inspection, <math>N \equiv 4 \text{ (mod 5)}</math>. | ||
− | The remainder when <math>N</math> is divided by <math>9</math> is <math>1+2+3+4+ \cdots +1+0+1+1 +1+2 +\cdots + 4+3+4+4</math>, but since <math>10 \equiv 1 \text{ (mod 9)}</math>, we can also write this as <math>1+2+3 +\cdots +10+11+12+ \cdots 43 + 44 = \frac{44 \cdot 45}2 = 22 \cdot 45</math>, which has a remainder of 0 mod 9. Therefore, by | + | The remainder when <math>N</math> is divided by <math>9</math> is <math>1+2+3+4+ \cdots +1+0+1+1 +1+2 +\cdots + 4+3+4+4</math>, but since <math>10 \equiv 1 \text{ (mod 9)}</math>, we can also write this as <math>1+2+3 +\cdots +10+11+12+ \cdots 43 + 44 = \frac{44 \cdot 45}2 = 22 \cdot 45</math>, which has a remainder of 0 mod 9. Therefore, by inspection, the answer is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(C) } 9}</math>. |
− | Note: the sum of the digits of <math>N</math> is <math>270</math> | + | Note: the sum of the digits of <math>N</math> is <math>270</math>. |
==Solution 2== | ==Solution 2== |
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[hide]Problem 23
Let be the -digit number that is formed by writing the integers from to in order, one after the other. What is the remainder when is divided by ?
Solution
We only need to find the remainders of N when divided by 5 and 9 to determine the answer. By inspection, . The remainder when is divided by is , but since , we can also write this as , which has a remainder of 0 mod 9. Therefore, by inspection, the answer is .
Note: the sum of the digits of is .
Solution 2
Noting the solution above, we try to find the sum of the digits to figure out its remainder when divided by . From thru , the sum is . thru , the sum is , thru is , and thru is . Thus the sum of the digits is , and thus is divisible by . Now, refer to the above or below solutions. and . From this information, we can conclude that and . Therefore, . The remainder is thus , so the answer is
See Also
2017 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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