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Find the sum of digits of the positive square root of

44...4 2015 4 s 88...8 2014 8 s 9 \underbrace{ 44...4 }_{ 2015\quad 4s' }\underbrace{ 88...8 }_{ 2014\quad 8s' }9


The answer is 12091.

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3 solutions

Visal Kumar
Apr 6, 2014

Can anyone give a proper solution? I found it by pattern.

Hello Sir no solution is a proper solution Every solution is a creativity of the mind itself.................................... Ponder about it...........

ashutosh mahapatra - 7 years, 1 month ago
Rik Raut
Apr 3, 2014

Pretty easy actually. 49=7^2 4489=67^2 444889=667^2 hence we see, for the number of 8's there are same number of 6's in the sq root. Hence there are 2014 6's and one 7 at the end of the sq root of the given term their sum=2014*6+7=12091

Siladitya Basu
Jul 1, 2014

There is nothing special here about 2014 or 2015, mathematically speaking, so we see the general case. After playing around a bit, we notice a pattern given below.

We use induction to prove that f ( n ) = 66 6 n 1 7 2 = 44 4 n 88 8 n 1 9 ; n N f(n)={\underbrace{66\ldots6}_{n-1}7}^2=\underbrace{44\ldots4}_{n}\underbrace{88\ldots8}_{n-1}9; n\in\mathbb{N}

As usual, we prove the statement to be true for n = 1 n=1 and assume it to

be true for n = 2 , 3 , , k n=2, 3, \ldots , k , and then prove it for n = k + 1 n=k+1 .

Notice that f ( 3 ) f ( 2 ) = 444889 4489 = 440400 f(3)-f(2)=444889-4489=440400 , and also that 66 7 2 6 7 2 = ( 667 67 ) ( 667 + 67 ) = ( 600 ) ( 734 ) = 440400 667^2-67^2=(667-67)(667+67)=(600)(734)=440400 . So if we can show that f ( k + 1 ) f ( k ) = 44 4 k + 1 88 8 k 9 44 4 k 88 8 k 1 9 f(k+1)-f(k)=\underbrace{44\ldots4}_{k+1}\underbrace{88\ldots8}_{k}9-\underbrace{44\ldots4}_{k}\underbrace{88\ldots8}_{k-1}9 , we're done.

f ( k + 1 ) f ( k ) = 66 6 k 7 2 66 6 k 1 7 2 = ( 66 6 k 7 66 6 k 1 7 ) ( 66 6 k 7 + 66 6 k 1 7 ) = ( 6 × 1 0 k ) ( 7 33 3 k 1 4 ) = 6 × 7 33 3 k 1 4 × 1 0 k = 44 00 0 k 1 4 00 0 k = 44 4 k + 1 88 8 k 9 44 4 k 88 8 k 1 9. f(k+1)-f(k)= {\underbrace{66\ldots6}_{k}7}^2-{\underbrace{66\ldots6}_{k-1}7}^2 =(\underbrace{66\ldots6}_{k}7-\underbrace{66\ldots6}_{k-1}7)(\underbrace{66\ldots6}_{k}7+\underbrace{66\ldots6}_{k-1}7) \\ =(6\times10^k)(7\underbrace{33\ldots3}_{k-1}4) \\ =6\times7\underbrace{33\ldots3}_{k-1}4\times10^k \\ =44\underbrace{00\ldots0}_{k-1}4\underbrace{00\ldots0}_{k} \\ =\underbrace{44\ldots4}_{k+1}\underbrace{88\ldots8}_{k}9-\underbrace{44\ldots4}_{k}\underbrace{88\ldots8}_{k-1}9.

QED.

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