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number theory senior
Problem
Find the least positive integer such that when its leftmost digit is deleted, the resulting integer is 1/29 of the original integer.
Solution
The desired integer has at least two digits. Let be its leftmost digit, and let be the integer that results when is deleted. Then for some positive integer , , and so . Therefore 7 is a divisor of , and because , it follows that . Hence , so . Thus every positive integer with the desired property must be of the form for some . The smallest such integer is .
Final answer
725