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If the five-digit number 8X357 is divisible by 11, then what is X?

 Jan 8, 2020
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To  be divisible  by  11  we  must have that   either

 

8 - X  + 3  - 5  +  7   =   0        simplify

 

13 - X  = 0

 

X = 13    [ impossible ]    

 

or

 

8 - X  + 3  - 5 +  7   =  11     simplify

 

13 - X  = 11

 

X = 2

 

Check     82357 / 11  =  7487

 

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 Jan 8, 2020

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