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Problem
Find the least positive integer such that when its leftmost digit is deleted, the resulting integer is of the original integer.
Solution
The number can be represented as , where is the leftmost digit, and is the rest of the number.* We know that . Thus has to be 7 since can not have 7 as a factor, and the smallest can be and have a factor of is We find that , so the number is .
- It is quite obvious that , since the desired number can't be single or double digit, and cannot exceed . From , proceed as above.
See also
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