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Jan15-04, 09:12 AM   #1
 
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Can you find the largest number possible containing any of 9 of 10 digits, considering 0 also a number, that is divisible by 11 without a reminder?
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Jan15-04, 09:19 AM   #2
 
is it 9999999999?
Jan15-04, 09:23 AM   #3
 
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Originally posted by Greg Bernhardt
Can you find the largest number possible containing any of 9 of 10 digits, considering 0 also a number, that is divisible by 11 without a reminder?
That doesn't make sense.

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Jan15-04, 09:26 AM   #4
 
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Jan15-04, 10:28 AM   #5
 
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The wording is a bit strange, but I think I got it. I did a brute force attack on this problem. Starting at 999999999 and decrementing by 1 each time, I did a modulus 11 and checked if the result was 0. Here is what I got:

999999990

or if you can only use each digit once it is

987652413
Jan15-04, 01:22 PM   #6
 
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987652413 is the answer, dduardo gets the point! :)
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doh! I always see these when it's too late. [6)]
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