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Stupid number trick (Posted on 2005-12-01) Difficulty: 1 of 5
Take any three different digits.

1. Create every possible two-digit combination.
2. Find their sum.
3. Sum the original three digits.
4. Divide your answer from part 2 by your answer to part 3.

What number do you always get, and why?

See The Solution Submitted by Jer    
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solution without looking at comments | Comment 6 of 9 |

you have 3 digits, x, y, and z. You have 6 different combinations of x,y,and z, namely xy xz yz yx zy amd zx. summing all of those combinations, you get 20(x+y+z)+2(x+y+z) or 22(x+y+z)

dividing this by x+y+z gives 22.


  Posted by The riddler on 2005-12-03 23:41:22
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