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Ninety Seven and Divisibility Nuance (Posted on 2021-12-12)

Determine the minimum value of a positive integer N such that:
o N has the form: 97.......97, and:
o N is divisible by 99

No Solution Yet Submitted by K Sengupta

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(In reply to solution by Charlie)

Please check your solution.

I have N= 9,731,999,999,997 as the final answer which is much lower than the mentioned integer.

The above value checks out as dividing it by 99 elicits 98303030303 as the quotient with no remainder.

Edited on December 12, 2021, 10:13 am

Posted by K Sengupta on 2021-12-12 10:09:06

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