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Lucky seven (Posted on 2010-02-05)

A number N consisting of a string of sevens i.e. N=77777...7777, is divisible by 199. Find the last 4 digits of the quotient. No programming, please.

Submitted by Ady TZIDON

Rating: 4.0000 (1 votes)

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ANS: 6823
SOLUTION : N=199*QUOTIENT= (200-1)*QUOTIENT:
Let abcd be the last 4 digits of the QUOTIENT.:
Then the QUOTIENT will be terminated xy00, xy resulting from multiplying cd by 2.
So the subtraction looks like:
xy00
abcd
________
7777
Therefore d=3 and c=2
x=2*d=6
y=2*C=4
and the quotient's last figures are 6823.

Please see Justin's solution(simple and beautiful) and Jer's and Charlie's verifications.)

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-10-10 10:44:13
My solution- errata	Ady TZIDON	2010-03-12 01:37:35
solution	TheKPAXian	2010-02-10 11:30:38
re: Such a number exists. -- program for verification only	Charlie	2010-02-05 16:47:53
Such a number exists.	Jer	2010-02-05 16:30:09
solution	Justin	2010-02-05 14:02:04

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