1990 AIME Problems/Problem 13
Problem
Let . Given that has 3817 digits and that its first (leftmost) digit is 9, how many elements of have 9 as their leftmost digit?
Solution
When a number is multiplied by , the number will gain a digit, except when the new number starts with a , when the number of digits remain the same. Since has 3816 digits more than , exactly numbers have 9 as their leftmost digits.
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