Seven digits from the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are written in random order. Find the probability that this seven-digit number is divisible by 9.
If the answer is in the form b a for coprime positive integers, submit as a + b .
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The total number of numbers are ( 9 7 ) 7 !
Sum of all the numbers is 45. Now we have to remove 2 numbers such that the sum of remaining 7 numbers is divisible by 9. This is only possible when the sum of the 2 removed numbers is divisible by 9. We cannot achieve a sum of 18 by choosing any two numbers from the given set of numbers as maximum possible sum is 9+8=17 . So, we have to find number of pairs which sum up to 9.
The possible pairs are (8,1),(7,2),(6,3) and (5,4) .So we can remove 2 numbers in 4 ways. And the rest 7 numbers can be arranged in 7! ways.
Hence, probability is 2 ! 7 ! 9 ! × 7 ! 4 × 7 ! which is simply 9 1
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A number is divisible by 9 iff its digit sum is divisible by 9. Since 1+2+3...+9=45 is divisible by 9, in order for this number to be divisible by 9 the two numbers that are NOT picked must be also divisible by 9 .
There are 9*8/2=36 different ways to pick two numbers from 9. There are four pairs of digits which add up to 9. 4/36=1/9 . 1+9=10