Find ABBC

Algebra Level 2

Each of the letters A , B , C , D , E , F A, B, C, D, E, F represents a digit different than 0 and distinct letters represent different digits. Let A B B C ABBC be the decimal representation of the number x x , and let D E F D DEFD be the decimal representation of the number y y . And 6 x = y 6x = y .

Find x x


The answer is 1443.

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1 solution

Chris Lewis
Mar 4, 2019

Brute force/coding would work fine here, but there is a lot we can deduce first.

Firstly, 6 x < 10000 6x<10000 so x < 1667 x<1667 , and A A must be 1 1 . Also B < 7 B<7 .

The first digit of y y must be one of 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 6,7,8,9 . But this is also its last digit; y y is a multiple of 6 6 so it must be even; so D D is either 6 6 or 8 8 .

If D D were 6 6 , we would have y < 7000 y<7000 and so x < 1167 x<1167 ; so B B would have to be 0 0 or 1 1 . But neither of these is allowed. So D = 8 D=8 .

6 C 8 ( m o d 10 ) 6C \equiv 8 \pmod{10} ; so C = 3 C=3 or C = 8 C=8 . We can't have both C C and D D equal to 8 8 ; so C = 3 C=3 .

This leaves as the only possibilities for x x the following: 1223 1223 , 1443 1443 , 1553 1553 , 1663 1663 . It's now easy to check by hand that the only one of these that gives the correct form for y y is x = 1443 x=\boxed{1443} .

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