The number of three digit numbers which are divisible by 3 and have the additional property that the sum of their digits is 4 times their middle digit is
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You have a number a b c and the condition a + b + c = 4 b
solve for b you get:
a + b + c = 4 b a + c = 4 b − b a + c = 3 b ( 1 ) : 3 a + c = b
since a b c is divisible by 3, then by divisibility rules:
a + b + c = 3 Z where Z is an integer
substitute the value of b from ( 1 ) and simplify:
a + 3 a + c + c = 3 Z 3 a + a + c + 3 c = 9 Z 4 a + 4 c = 9 Z a + c = 4 9 Z
since a and c are both integers, the RHS must be an integer, thus Z can only be 4 o r 8
if Z = 4 then a + c = 9 , there are 9 possible answers for this: { ( 1 , 8 ) , ( 2 , 7 ) , . . . , ( 9 , 0 ) }
if Z = 8 then a + c = 1 8 , and there is only 1 answer { ( 9 , 9 ) }
Add the number of possibilities for each case:
9 + 1 = 1 0
Therefore the answer is 1 0 and the numbers satisfying the conditions are: { 1 3 8 , 2 3 7 , 3 3 6 , 4 3 5 , 5 3 4 , 6 3 3 , 7 3 2 , 8 3 1 , 9 3 0 , 9 6 9 }