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First Round, January 2019

Netherlands 2019 algebra

Problem

Starting with a positive integer, a fragment of that number is any positive number obtained by removing one or more digits from the beginning and/or end of that number. For example: the numbers , , , , , and are the fragments of . What is the smallest positive integer such that the following holds: there is a fragment of such that when you add this fragment to itself, you get ?
Solution
Final answer
1836

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