How many ways are there to insert between the digits of (fifteen 1's) so that the result will be a multiple of ?
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No matter how you put the +'s, the number would be divisible by 3 . Just need to check the divisibility by 1 0 . for that, you need exactly ten numbers (or a multiple of ten) that ends in 1 . So, ten of the fifteen is fixed and the remaining five 1 's should be placed in front of the fixed one. This would be a "stars and bars" problem x 1 + ⋯ + x 1 0 = 5 , with the solution ( 5 5 + 1 0 − 1 ) = ( 5 1 4 ) = 2 0 0 2