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A number is divisible by <math>11</math> if the difference between the sum of the digits in the odd-numbered slots (e.g. the ones slot, the hundreds slot, etc.) and the sum in the even-numbered slots (e.g. the tens slot, the thousands slot) is a multiple of <math>11</math>. So <math>1 + 2 - A</math> is equivalent to <math>0\pmod{11}</math>. Clearly 3 , (A) cannot be equal to <math>11</math> or any multiple of <math>11</math> greater than that. So <math> 3 - A = 0 \longrightarrow A = 3</math>.
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A number is divisible by <math>11</math> if the difference between the sum of the digits in the odd-numbered slots (e.g. the ones slot, the hundreds slot, etc.) and the sum in the even-numbered slots (e.g. the tens slot, the thousands slot) is a multiple of <math>11</math>. So <math>1 + 2 - A</math> is equivalent to <math>0\pmod{11}</math>. Clearly 3 , (A) cannot be equal to <math>11</math> or any multiple of <math>11</math> greater than that. So <math> 3 - A = 0 \longrightarrow \boxed{A = 3}</math>.
  
 
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Problem

Eleven members of the Middle School Math Club each paid the same amount for a guest speaker to talk about problem solving at their math club meeting. They paid their guest speaker $\textdollar\underline{1} \underline{A} \underline{2}$. What is the missing digit $A$ of this $3$-digit number?

$\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }3\qquad \textbf{(E) }4$

Solution

A number is divisible by $11$ if the difference between the sum of the digits in the odd-numbered slots (e.g. the ones slot, the hundreds slot, etc.) and the sum in the even-numbered slots (e.g. the tens slot, the thousands slot) is a multiple of $11$. So $1 + 2 - A$ is equivalent to $0\pmod{11}$. Clearly 3 , (A) cannot be equal to $11$ or any multiple of $11$ greater than that. So $3 - A = 0 \longrightarrow \boxed{A = 3}$.

See Also

2014 AMC 8 (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 7
Followed by
Problem 9
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