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50 - Digit Number III (Posted on 2022-05-04) Difficulty: 3 of 5
A fifty digit positive integer satisfies all these given conditions:
  1. The number is constituted entirely by the digit 1 with the exception of the units digit.
  2. The number is divisible by 53.
Determine the units digit.

Extra Challenge: Solve this puzzle without using a computer-assisted method.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)

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re: computer solution | Comment 4 of 7 |
(In reply to computer solution by Charlie)

Since 9 and 53 don't share a factor you can still skip the computer:


10^50-1=43=-63
(10^50-1)/9=-7=46

7 more is 53, 1+7=8 for the last digit.


  Posted by xdog on 2022-05-05 15:31:06
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