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- From: mingos@vax.oxford.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Multiples of 9
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.165248.10914@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 16:52:48 GMT
- Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620
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- Dear all,
-
-
- I hope I'm posting this into the correct maths group, but I have a problem
- which has started bugging me, it may be an old chestnut, but I can't find a
- solution that satisfies me.
-
- The basic thing is that if you multiply any number by 9, you end up with a
- number whose digits add up to 9, OR whose digits add up to a number whose
- digits add up to 9, OR...etc, depending on how big the number is.
- so, for example, 9x12343 = 111087. 1+1+1+0+8+7 = 18. 1+8 = 9.
-
- I can figure a real hand waving argument for this, but does anyone have a
- more definitive proof, or can point me towards one? I'm a chemist by
- background, so I don't know my way around the mathematical lit. I don't even
- know which branch of mathematics this is...
-
-
- Thanks for any advice,
- (even if it's try a different group!)
-
-
- Gavin
-
-
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