What is the smallest positive integer that can be expressed as the sum of 9 consecutive integers,the sum of 10 consecutive integers and the sum of 11 consecutive integers?
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From the problem we have the equations: n = 9 x + 3 6
n = 1 0 y + 4 5
n = 1 1 z + 5 5 ,which can be rewritten as : n = 9 ( x + 4 )
n = 1 0 ( y + 4 ) + 5
n = 1 1 ( z + 5 ) . From the first and third equation we can see that n is divisible by 9 9 .Notice that from the second equation we find that n ends with 5 .The smallest number n = 9 9 k with these conditions will be obtained when k = 5 and thus n = 9 9 ∗ 5 = 4 9 5 .