Cryptogram 22

Algebra Level 2

A \color{#D61F06}A , B \color{#3D99F6}B , and C \color{#20A900}C each represents a digit from 1 to 9.

A B × 7 4 C C \large \begin{array} {ll} & \color{#D61F06}A & \color{#3D99F6} B \\ \times & & 7 \\ \hline 4 & \color{#20A900} C & \color{#20A900} C \end{array}

Find A B {\color{#D61F06}A} - \color{#3D99F6}B .

1 3 -1 2

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1 solution

Chew-Seong Cheong
Feb 13, 2019

The long multiplication can be written as:

( 10 A + B ) × 7 = 400 + 10 C + C 7 ( 10 A + B ) = 400 + 11 C \begin{aligned} (10A+B) \times 7 & = 400 + 10C + C \\ 7(10A+B) & = 400 + 11C \end{aligned}

Since both sides of the equation are integers, the RHS is divisible by 7, that is:

400 + 11 C 0 (mod 7) 1 + 4 C 0 (mod 7) C = 5 \begin{aligned} 400 + 11C & \equiv 0 \text{ (mod 7)} \\ 1 + 4C & \equiv 0 \text{ (mod 7)} \\ \implies C & = 5 \end{aligned}

Then 7 × A B = 455 7 \times \overline{AB} = 455 A B = 455 7 = 65 \implies \overline{AB} = \dfrac {455}7 = 65 A = 6 \implies A = 6 , B = 5 B=5 , and A B = 1 A-B = \boxed 1 .

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