2014 UNM-PNM Statewide High School Mathematics Contest II Problems/Problem 5
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Problem
is written on the blackboard. The sum of its digits is calculated. Then the sum of the digits of the result is calculated and so on until we have a single digit. If , what is this digit?
Solution
What you have to realize is that the sum of the digits of a number is the number . We can prove this right now. \begin{equation} \end{equation}
See also
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