A Consecutivity problem

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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The answer is 495.

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1 solution

Lorenc Bushi
Aug 2, 2014

From the problem we have the equations: n = 9 x + 36 n=9x+36

n = 10 y + 45 n=10y+45

n = 11 z + 55 n=11z+55 ,which can be rewritten as : n = 9 ( x + 4 ) n=9(x+4)

n = 10 ( y + 4 ) + 5 n=10(y+4)+5

n = 11 ( z + 5 ) n=11(z+5) . From the first and third equation we can see that n is divisible by 99 99 .Notice that from the second equation we find that n n ends with 5 5 .The smallest number n = 99 k n=99k with these conditions will be obtained when k = 5 k=5 and thus n = 99 5 = 495 n=99*5=\boxed{495} .

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