1994 AJHSME Problems/Problem 23

Problem

If $X$ , $Y$ and $Z$ are different digits, then the largest possible $3-$ digit sum for

$\begin{tabular}{ccc} X & X & X \\ & Y & X \\ + & & X \\ \hline \end{tabular}$

has the form

$\text{(A)}\ XXY \qquad \text{(B)}\ XYZ \qquad \text{(C)}\ YYX \qquad \text{(D)}\ YYZ \qquad \text{(E)}\ ZZY$

Solution

The sum can be rewritten as $113X + 10Y$ . To get the largest possible sum, we maximize the hundreds digit, $X$ . If $X=9$ , the sum is a $4$ -digit number, so we let $X=8$ and $113(8)+10Y = 904+10Y$ . To continue maxmimizing this sum, we can let $Y=9$ , a different digit from $X$ , and $904+10(9)=994$ , which has the form $\boxed{\text{(D)}\ YYZ}$ .

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