Magic of 8 & 7

8 , 101 , 265 , 822 , 784 8 = 1 , 012 , 658 , 227 , 848 \frac{8,101,265,822,784}{8} = 1,012,658,227,848

The above equation is interesting in that

  • on the left side, the denominator 8 is the leading digit of the numerator;
  • the 13-digit number on the right side is the numerator on the left side with its leading digit 8 moved to the back, the rest of the 12 digits 101,265,822,784 staying put.

Now, as shown below, something similar happens with a 22-digit number: 7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 , \frac{7\, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_}}{7} = \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, \text{\_} \;\text{\_} \;\text{\_} \, 7 , where

  • on the left side, the denominator 7 is the leading digit of the numerator;
  • the 22-digit number on the right side is the numerator on the left side with its leading digit 7 moved to the back, the rest of the 21 digits staying put.

What is the digit sum of this 22-digit number?


The answer is 96.

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1 solution

Patrick Corn
Jan 4, 2018

Let a a be the blank 21-digit number. Then the equation is 7 1 0 21 + a 7 = 10 a + 7 , \frac{7 \cdot 10^{21} + a}7 = 10a + 7, which simplifies to a = 7 ( 1 0 21 7 ) 69 = 101449275362318840579. a = \frac{7(10^{21}-7)}{69} = 101449275362318840579. This has digit sum 89 , 89, so the full 22-digit number has digit sum 96 . \fbox{96}.

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