Find the largest possible value of the ratio of a three-digit number to the sum of its digits:
a + b + c a b c
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There are only 2 7 sums of digits or cases of denominators. And each sum there is a maximum a b c , therefore, a maximum ratio. The maximum ratios are tabulated below:
a + b + c 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 m a x ( a b c ) 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 9 0 0 9 1 0 9 2 0 9 3 0 9 4 0 9 5 0 9 6 0 9 7 0 9 8 0 9 9 0 9 9 1 9 9 2 9 9 3 9 9 4 9 9 5 9 9 6 9 9 7 9 9 8 9 9 9 a + b + c m a x ( a b c ) 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 9 1 . 0 8 3 . 6 7 7 . 5 7 2 . 3 6 7 . 9 6 4 . 0 6 0 . 6 5 7 . 6 5 5 . 0 5 2 . 2 4 9 . 6 4 7 . 3 4 5 . 2 4 3 . 3 4 1 . 5 3 9 . 9 3 8 . 4 3 7 . 0
Therefore, the maximum ratio is 1 0 0 .
Just find out the lowest sum possible made with integers: 0 to 9 and which 3 integers this is possible for; in this case it would be 0 + 0 + 1; thus the number can't be 001 but rather 100. Thus 100/ 1 = 100.
Computing tells that {100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900} gives a maximum = n x 100/ (n + 0 + 0) = 100
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Let N = a b c , where a , b , c are the digits. It's pretty obvious that for round numbers N = 1 0 0 , 2 0 0 , . . . , 9 0 0 we have a + b + c N = 1 0 0 . Moving on, when N is not "round", then b + c > 0 and a + b + c ≥ a + 1 . And since the leading digit of N is a , then N < ( a + 1 ) ⋅ 1 0 0 , and a + b + c N < a + 1 ( a + 1 ) ⋅ 1 0 0 = 1 0 0
Thus, the largest possible value for that ratio is 1 0 0 , which is only obtained for round numbers.