- and are rationals .
- and are integers .
- is a terminating decimal .
Given that and are 9 distinct non-zero digits, what is ?
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First, let's get some facts straight:
1) The fact the A , B , C are rationals means that A , B , C are perfect squares. Hence they can only be 1 , 4 , 9 .
2)The fact that I H is a terminating decimal means that I is either 2,5 or 8.
Now assume WLOG that A = 1 , B = 4 , C = 9 .Then we are left with the following digits: { 2 , 3 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 } Now since E D and G F are integers, then D and F are integral multiples of E and G respectively. Observe that out of our remaining digits, only 2 and 3 have single non-digits multiples, namely 6 and 8.Note that D , F = 2 , 3 , 5 , 7 since these donot have any single digits factors apart from themselves. Therefore, D and F can only be 6 or 8.WLOG assume that D = 6 .Then F = 8 and therefore G = 2 and E = 3 .Now we are left with the following digits: { 5 , 7 } Now, since I H is a terminating decimal necessarily implies that H = 7 and I = 5 . Therefore H = 7