Divides by 6?

Is the following base 3 number divisible by 6 10 6_{10} ?

( 1012201201201201021020120120 ) 3 ({1012201201201201021020120120})_3


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Geoff Pilling
Apr 28, 2016

To be divisible by 6 the number must be divisible by 3 and it must be even. If a base 3 number ends in 0 it is divisible by 3, so this number is divisible by 3. However, to be even, a base 3 number must contain an even number of odd digits, since each digit a n a_n represents the number a n 3 n a_n*3^n , which is only odd if a n a_n is odd, since 3 n 3^n is always odd. Since this number has exactly nine odd digits (or one's) this number is odd, therefore it doesn't divide by 6.

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