2019 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 14
Problem
The base-ten representation for 
is 
, where 
, 
, and 
denote digits that are not given. What is 
?
Solution 1
We can figure out 
by noticing that will end with 
zeroes, as there are three factors of 
in its prime factorization, so there would be 3 powers of 10 meaning it will end in 3 zeros. Next, we use the fact that is a multiple of both 
and 
. Their divisibility rules (see Solution 2) tell us that 
and that 
. By guess and checking, we see that 
is a valid solution. Therefore the answer is 
.
Solution 2 (similar to Solution 1)
We know that , because ends in three zeroes (see Solution 1). Furthermore, we know that and are both factors of . We can simply use the divisibility rules for and for this problem to find and . For to be divisible by , the sum of digits must simply be divisible by . Summing the digits, we get that 
must be divisible by . This leaves either 
or 
as our answer choice. Now we test for divisibility by . For a number to be divisible by , the alternating sum must be divisible by (for example, with the number 
, 
, so is divisible by ). Applying the alternating sum test to this problem, we see that 
must be divisible by 11. By inspection, we can see that this holds if 
and 
. The sum is 
.
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