Saturday, 20 August 2016

Anirudh

Puzzle: The 5-digit number

What 5-digit number has the following property: If we put numeral 1 before this number, we get a number three times smaller than the number we get if we put numeral 1 after this number.

Answer: Show answer
Using an easy equation, 3(x + 100000) = 10x + 1, we find out that the number is 42857.

Anirudh

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Anirudh Khanna is a Computer Science student and a geek who firmly believes in the awesomeness of technology! He is a programmer and web designer, also keenly interested in the research of new and innovative ideas in Computer Science.

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