You are told that a for a three digit number
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, , and are all positive integers under .
is an integer.
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We know that
A B C − C B A = − 1 9 8
A B C = 1 0 0 A + 1 0 B + C
So the equation can be re-written to be
9 9 A − 9 9 C = − 1 9 8
Which then gives us an equation for A
A = C − 2
Next we should find out A and C so since we know that
5 D B A C
is an integer we can conclude that C is a multiple of 5 below 1 0 so it can only be 0 or 5 so let's put those values into the equation we have for A to see which value works
A = ( 0 ) − 2 = − 2
That doesn't work since we know that A > 0
A = ( 5 ) − 2 = 3
So A = 3 and C = 5 .
Onto the second equation given
A B C + B = 3 2 7
1 0 0 A + 1 0 B + C + B = 3 2 7
1 0 0 ( 3 ) + 1 1 B + ( 5 ) = 3 2 7
1 1 B = 3 2 7 − 3 0 5
B = 2
We now know A , B and C , but what about D
D = ( ( 3 ) + 2 ( 2 ) + 3 ( 5 ) ) − 1 4 = 8
So D B A C = 8 2 3 5
Which then means that
5 D B A C = 1 6 4 7