Jack found the value of 3^19 to be 11 a 2261467. He found all the digits correctly except the digit denoted by a . Find the value of a .
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The number 3 1 9 is divisible by 3 2 = 9 . The simple check for divisibility with 9 is to verify the divisibility of the sum of digits with 9 . Therefore, 1 + 1 + a + 2 + 2 + 6 + 1 + 4 + 6 + 7 should be a multiple of 9 . On simplifying: 3 0 + a should be a multiple of 9 . Since a is a single digit here, it has to be 6 .