A three digit number,written in the form ,is called fuzzy if is divisible by 7,the two digit number is divisible by 6,the digit is divisible by 5,and the three digits a,b and c are all different.How many fuzzy numbers are there?
This problem was taken from Australian Mathematics Competition 2014
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Since 5 and 6 are coprime, b c is a multiple of 6 × 5 = 3 0 ⟹ c = 0 and 3 ∣ b
Case 1: a b c = a 3 0
According to the rule of divisibility by 7 , we need 7 ∣ a 3 − 2 × 0 = a 3 ⟹ 7 ∣ a − 2 × 3 = a − 6
Since 1 ≤ a ≤ 9 , the only possible value is a = 6 ⟹ a b c = 6 3 0
Case 2: a b c = a 6 0
7 ∣ a − 1 2 ⟹ a = 5 ⟹ a b c = 5 6 0
Case 3: a b c = a 9 0
7 ∣ a − 1 8 ⟹ a = 4 ⟹ a b c = 4 9 0
So there are 3 fuzzy numbers: 6 3 0 , 5 6 0 and 4 9 0