Remove one add one

What is the value of the number above?


This problem was adapted from a 1965 book.


The answer is 0.

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4 solutions

Nihar Mahajan
May 8, 2015

The left column can be represented as :

( 1 ) [ 9 ( 1 0 8 ) ] + ( 2 ) [ 8 ( 1 0 7 ) ] + ( 3 ) [ 7 ( 1 0 6 ) ] + + ( 8 ) [ 2 ( 1 0 1 ) ] + ( 9 ) [ 1 ( 1 0 0 ) ] = n = 1 9 n ( 10 n ) ( 1 0 n 1 ) (1)[9(10^8)]+(2)[8(10^7)]+(3)[7(10^6)] + \dots + (8)[2(10^1)] + (9)[1(10^0)] \\ \Large =\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^9 n(10-n)(10^{n-1})

The right column can be represented as:

( 9 ) [ 1 ( 1 0 8 ) ] + ( 8 ) [ 2 ( 1 0 7 ) ] + ( 7 ) [ 3 ( 1 0 6 ) ] + + ( 2 ) [ 8 ( 1 0 1 ) ] + ( 1 ) [ 9 ( 1 0 0 ) ] = n = 1 9 ( 10 n ) ( n ) ( 1 0 n 1 ) (9)[1(10^8)]+(8)[2(10^7)]+(7)[3(10^6)] + \dots + (2)[8(10^1)] + (1)[9(10^0)] \\ \Large =\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^9 (10-n)(n)(10^{n-1})

This clearly proves that the given expression is 0 \Large\boxed{0} .

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Great use of "partitioning" the terms. Well done.

Thank you! Very nice. I adapted this problem from Raymond F. Lausmann’s book: Fun With Figures.

Chung Kevin - 6 years, 1 month ago

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Oh , Thanks for sharing this nice problem with us. ¨ \ddot\smile

Nihar Mahajan - 6 years, 1 month ago

@Calvin Lin @Pi Han Goh , Is my solution correct?

Nihar Mahajan - 6 years, 1 month ago

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Yes it is! Did the same!

Kartik Sharma - 6 years, 1 month ago

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¨ ¨ ¨ \ddot\smile\ddot\smile\ddot\smile

Nihar Mahajan - 6 years, 1 month ago

Your solution is very elegant. I did it in the same way.

Sharky Kesa - 6 years, 1 month ago
Tanmay Nitro
May 11, 2015

Consider the positive part on one side and negative part on other side. So for the unit's place, considering there are 9 1's at the left and 1 9 at the right, it leads to =9x1 - 1x9=0 For ten's place, there are 8 2's at the left and 2 8's at the right, it leads to= 8x2 - 2x8=0 Similarly for hundred's place, 7x3 -3x7=0 We keep on doing this and at the end, we get the result as 0.

Karan Gupta
May 31, 2015

when you get this type of problem that is in series always remember ans will be 1or 0

The last digit is 1 by substraction with 1 the final solution is 0;hence the problem is solved

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You have only shown that the last digit is 0. You did not show that the number equals to 0 itself.

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