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Statement (1) by itself is sufficient. From S1: \(10^x - y\) = (something not divisible by 3) - (something divisible by 3) = (something not divisible by 3). Because \(10^x - y\) is not divisible by 3, it is also not divisible by 9.
Statement (2) by itself is insufficient. If \(y = 1\), the answer is "yes"; if \(y = 2\), the answer is "no".
If we pick numbers for statement 1 we can get two different answers. if x=2 and y=3, then 100-3=97, Answer NO if x=2 and y=9, then 100-9=81, Answer YES
If we pick numbers for statement 1 we can get two different answers. if x=2 and y=3, then 100-3=97, Answer NO if x=2 and y=9, then 100-9=81, Answer YES
I am having a doubt which might sound silly. Hence my apologies.
From the question, i understand is ((10^x)-y)/9?
Is it okay if I re-write this way: (10^x/9)-y/9 since they will have comment denominator?
Is that case, since x and y are positive, wouldn't the stem of the question itself denotes that it is not divisible by 9?
Yes, you can rewrite \(\frac{10^x-y}{9}\) as \(\frac{10^x}{9}-\frac{y}{9}\). But how can you say that \(\frac{10^x}{9}-\frac{y}{9}\) will not be an integer?
For example, if x = 1 and y = 1, then \(\frac{10^x}{9}-\frac{y}{9}=1\)
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(something not divisible by 3) - (something divisible by 3) = (something not divisible by 3)
Yes.
WHEN THE SUM OR THE DIFFERENCE OF NUMBERS IS A MULTIPLE OF AN INTEGER 1. If integers \(a\) and \(b\) are both multiples of some integer \(k>1\) (divisible by \(k\)), then their sum and difference will also be a multiple of \(k\) (divisible by \(k\)): Example: \(a=6\) and \(b=9\), both divisible by 3 ---> \(a+b=15\) and \(a-b=-3\), again both divisible by 3.
2. If out of integers \(a\) and \(b\) one is a multiple of some integer \(k>1\) and another is not, then their sum and difference will NOT be a multiple of \(k\) (divisible by \(k\)): Example: \(a=6\), divisible by 3 and \(b=5\), not divisible by 3 ---> \(a+b=11\) and \(a-b=1\), neither is divisible by 3.
3. If integers \(a\) and \(b\) both are NOT multiples of some integer \(k>1\) (divisible by \(k\)), then their sum and difference may or may not be a multiple of \(k\) (divisible by \(k\)): Example: \(a=5\) and \(b=4\), neither is divisible by 3 ---> \(a+b=9\), is divisible by 3 and \(a-b=1\), is not divisible by 3; OR: \(a=6\) and \(b=3\), neither is divisible by 5 ---> \(a+b=9\) and \(a-b=3\), neither is divisible by 5; OR: \(a=2\) and \(b=2\), neither is divisible by 4 ---> \(a+b=4\) and \(a-b=0\), both are divisible by 4.
I am struggling a bit to understand option B. How are we approaching it?
Statement (2) by itself is insufficient. If \(y = 1\), the answer is "yes"; if \(y = 2\), the answer is "no".
If y = 1, then 10^x + 1 could be 11, 101, 1001, ... so as given in the second statement, not divisible by 9. In this case, 10^x - 1 will be 9, 99, 999, ... so divisible by 9. Answer YES.
If y = 2, then 10^x + 1 could be 12, 102, 1002, ... so as given in the second statement, not divisible by 9. In this case, 10^x - 1 will be 8, 98, 998, ... so NOT divisible by 9. Answer NO.
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Shiprasingh1100 It is stated in the question that x is positive integer i.e. x can be 1,2,3,4,5,6, and so on .So, 10^x will have have respective value 10,100,1000 and so on. Thus in 2. when y=1 9,99,999, and so on will always be divisible by 9 whereas when y=2 it will not always be divisible by 9.
If we pick numbers for statement 1 we can get two different answers. if x=2 and y=3, then 100-3=97, Answer NO if x=2 and y=9, then 100-9=81, Answer YES
Am I missing something?
Even I make such mistakes, be careful. How should one avoid such mistakes?
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