Can you solve it?

Let A B C D \overline{ABCD} be a 4-digit integer such that the leading digit A A is the sum of the remaining digits. How many possible values of A B C D \overline{ABCD} can there be?


The answer is 219.

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2 solutions

Spencer Whitehead
Mar 18, 2016

Without relying upon finding patterns, we can view the first part of the problem, B + C + D = A B+C+D=A using stars and bars. We have 3 slots (B, C, D) and A objects to distribute. We then get ( A + 3 1 3 1 ) = ( A + 2 2 ) {{A + 3 - 1}\choose {3-1}}={{A+2}\choose 2} ways given a fixed first digit. We must calculate the sum for all first digits then. As A goes from 1 to 9, we can see that A+2 goes from 3 to 11.

i = 3 11 ( i 2 ) = i = 2 11 ( i 2 ) ( 2 2 ) \sum\limits_{i=3}^{11} {i \choose 2 }=\sum\limits_{i=2}^{11} {i \choose 2} -{ 2 \choose 2} = ( 12 3 ) 1 = {12 \choose 3} - 1 using hockey stick identity, ( 12 3 ) 1 = 219 {12\choose 3 }-1=219

Tushar Showrav
Mar 18, 2016

If you try it with series then it is simple . It is 3+6+10+15+21+28+36+45+55 but, how it's make up I'm not telling you now . Try yourself and finally I'll tell you . Okay , now from this series , the answer is 219 . Think yourself , how it's possible.

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