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number theory intermediate

Problem

A three-digit number has the same hundreds, tens and units digit. The sum of the prime factors of the number is 47. What is the three-digit number?
Solution
We can tell that the three-digit number will be 111 times some number (resulting in 111, 222,...999), so the prime factors of the three-digit number will contain the prime factors of 111, which has prime factorization . The sum of those two prime factors is 40, which means that is . So, our answer is .
Final answer
777