Given A= and there are 99 zeros in .
Convert A into a decimal number with 300 decimal digits. Type your answer as the last 3 decimal digits.
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We know: 1 0 1 × 9 9 = 9 9 9 9
1 0 0 1 × 9 9 9 = 9 9 9 9 9 9
1 0 0 0 1 × 9 9 9 9 = 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
So we can say that: multiplying 1 0 0 . . . . 0 0 1 (n zeros) by 9 9 . . . 9 (n+1 nines) equals 9 9 . . . 9 9 (2n+2 nines)
By using that fact, we can convert A into a decimal number with 300 decimal digits:
First, we should eliminate the dot by multiplying both the numerator and denominator by 1 0 1 0 0 . Therefore, A= 1 0 0 . . . 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 (99 zeros)
Second, we multiply both the numerator and denominator by ( 1 0 1 0 1 − 1 ) or 999....99 (100 nines). Therefore, A= 1 0 0 . . . 0 1 × 9 9 9 . . . 9 9 1 0 1 0 0 × 9 9 9 . . . 9 9 (100 nines in 9 9 9 . . . 9 9 )
By using the fact above, we can rewrite A as 9 9 9 9 . . . 9 9 9 9 9 9 . . . 9 9 0 0 0 . . . 0 ) (999...9000...0 has 100 nines and 100 zeros; 9999...999 has 200 nines)
Hence, we can also rewrite A as 0 . ( 9 9 9 . . . 9 9 0 0 0 . . . 0 ) (999...9000...0 has 100 nines and 100 zeros)
Since we have to find 300 decimal digits of A, A = 0 . ( 9 9 9 . . . 9 9 0 0 0 . . . 0 9 9 9 . . . 9 9 ) (999...99000...0999...99 has 100 nines then 100 zeros then 100 nines) So, the last 3 decimal digits of A are 9 9 9