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Latest revision as of 18:16, 27 February 2018
Problem
For any positive integer , let denote the square of the sum of the digits of . For , let . Find .
Solution
We see that
Note that this revolves between the two numbers. Since is even, we thus have .
See also
1988 AIME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 3 | |
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