If AB and CA is a 2 digit number, and AB X 4 = CA, find A+B+C
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AB X 4 = CA. So, A = last digit of B X 4. If B = 1, then A = 4 => C=16(impossible). If B = 2, then A = 8 => C=32(impossible). If B = 3, then A = 12 => A = 2(carry 1) => C=9(possible). So, A = 2 , B=3 , C=9. => A + B + C = 14. Try the values with B as it is an independent variable.
2 5 × 4 = 1 0 0
So, 1 0 ≤ A B ≤ 2 4
Now, A = 1 , 2 and B = 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9
We know, ( e v e n / o d d ) × 4 = e v e n
Then, C A is a even number. Where the Last Digit A will be Even.
Thus we get, A = 2 and B = 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Here, Only B = 3 satisfy the matter, where B × 4 = . . . 2
So, A B = 2 3
2 3 × 4 = 9 2
So, C = 9
At last, A + B + C = 2 + 3 + 9 = 1 4
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I just took the example 23(4)=92. Therefore, A=2,B=3 and C=9 Therefore, A+B+C=14
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This solution is longer than necessary, but I want to establish a general process for this type of question, as well as to determine the uniqueness of the answer.
We require that 4 ∗ ( 1 0 A + B ) = 1 0 C + A ⟹ 3 9 A + 4 B = 1 0 C , where A , B , C are integers between 1 and 9 inclusive.
The maximum possible value for 1 0 C is then 9 0 , which means that, since 3 9 A > 9 0 for A ≥ 3 , we must have either A = 1 or A = 2 . But since 1 0 C is always even, we will require that 3 9 A + 4 B be even as well, which will only occurs for A = 2 .
So now we have that 3 9 ∗ 2 + 4 B = 1 0 C ⟹ 3 9 + 2 B = 5 C . Since 3 9 + 2 B will always be odd and > 4 0 , we require the same for 5 C , which is the case for only C = 9 . This requires that 3 9 + 2 B = 4 5 ⟹ B = 3 .
Thus A + B + C = 2 + 3 + 9 = 1 4 .