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number theory intermediate

Problem

For what value of is the five-digit number divisible by 33? (Note: the underlining is meant to indicate that the number should be interpreted as a five-digit number whose ten thousands digit is 7, whose thousands digit is , and so on).
Solution
Divisibility by requires that a number be divisible by both and . If a five-digit number is divisible by , the difference between the sum of the units, hundreds and ten-thousands digits and the sum of the tens and thousands digits must be divisible by . Thus must be divisible by . The only digit which can replace for the number to be divisible by , then, is . Furthermore, if a number is , so the number is divisible by . Hence, .
Final answer
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