If all the digits of all three digit numbers are added and the result is x , what is the value of x .
HINT
For two numbers a b c and d e f , the sum of digits would be a + b + c + d + e + f .
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on noticing the pattern of occurrence,each number 1 to 9 appears exactly 280 times.the zeroes do not make a difference to the sum as 0+0=zero(lol) thus,you get 280(1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)=280(45)=12600
I summed all units, tens and hundreds. But this is a much more elegant solution
We can form 9 × 1 0 × 1 0 = 9 0 0 three digit numbers
Each number will be in this place:
9 9 0 0 = 1 0 0 in hundreds
1 0 9 0 0 = 9 0 in tens
1 0 9 0 0 = 9 0 in unities
Then
Hundred place sum will be 1 0 0 ( 1 + 2 + 3 . . + 9 ) = 1 0 0 ( 4 5 ) = 4 5 0 0
Ten's place sum will be 9 0 ( 0 + 1 + 2 + 3 . . + 9 ) = 9 0 ( 4 5 ) = 4 0 5 0
Unities place sum will be 9 0 ( 0 + 1 + 2 + 3 . . + 9 ) = 9 0 ( 4 5 ) = 4 0 5 0
Total sum is 4 5 0 0 + 4 0 5 0 + 4 0 5 0 = 1 2 6 0 0
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The problem is equivalent to sum of all digits in hundreds place + sum of all digits in tens place + sum of all digits in units place.
x = H + T + U
Now the numbers 1 to 9 appear 100 times each in 'hundreds place' (1 appears in 100 to 199, 2 appears in 200 to 299 and so on) Thus, H = 1 0 0 × ( 1 + 2 + ⋯ + 9 ) = 1 0 0 × 4 5 = 4 5 0 0 .
Similarly each numbers appears 10 times in the 'tens place' in each of the sets (100 to 199, 200 to 299, ..., 900 to 999)
Giving T = 9 × 1 0 × 4 5 = 4 0 5 0 .
Using a similar logic U = 9 0 × 4 5 = 4 0 5 0
Giving the solution as
x = H + T + U = 1 2 6 0 0