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OA E resultant outcome of this eqn is 23times 9 followed by 440 i.e. 9999999....(23times)...440 sum of this number is 8 not divisible by 3..Hence OA E 11,8,5,4 divisible
Yep, good job Bhushan, answer is E. And also, if you are in a hurry you can quickly eliminate B, C, and D, because the number is gonna end in a zero, so it will be divisible by 5 and will have the two 2s and three 2s to make it divisible by 8.
The logic is cryptic: 1000-560=440 div 10000-560=9440 not div 10^5-560=99440 div 10^6-560=999440 not div . . 10^(2k+1)-560 is div by 11 10^(2*12+1) - 560=9...(22*times)440 is div by 11 Basic relation is #of 9's=#10's-3 because 10000-560 gives the 1st 9 What you need to remember is you need an even number of 9's in this case for div by 11.
divisibility by 11= difference between odd and even placed numbers . Here 10^25-560= 9999.(22times)440. All 9's will cancel with each other as even number of terms. Then we have 440. So, 4+0-4 =0 Hence divisible by 11
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OA E
ReplyDeleteresultant outcome of this eqn is
23times 9 followed by 440 i.e.
9999999....(23times)...440
sum of this number is 8 not divisible by 3..Hence OA E
11,8,5,4 divisible
Yep, good job Bhushan, answer is E. And also, if you are in a hurry you can quickly eliminate B, C, and D, because the number is gonna end in a zero, so it will be divisible by 5 and will have the two 2s and three 2s to make it divisible by 8.
ReplyDeletei agreed with the explanation above
ReplyDeletecan u tell me why answer is not 11??
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ReplyDeleteThe logic is cryptic:
ReplyDelete1000-560=440 div
10000-560=9440 not div
10^5-560=99440 div
10^6-560=999440 not div
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10^(2k+1)-560 is div by 11
10^(2*12+1) - 560=9...(22*times)440 is div by 11
Basic relation is #of 9's=#10's-3
because 10000-560 gives the 1st 9
What you need to remember is you need an even number of 9's in this case for div by 11.
Man - I had to correct my post twice !
divisibility by 11= difference between odd and even placed numbers .
ReplyDeleteHere 10^25-560= 9999.(22times)440.
All 9's will cancel with each other as even number of terms. Then we have 440. So, 4+0-4 =0
Hence divisible by 11