How many $4$ digit numbers are divisible by $29$ such that their digit sum is also $29$?
Well, answer is $5$ but what is the working and how did they get it?
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How many $4$ digit numbers are divisible by $29$ such that their digit sum is also $29$?
Well, answer is $5$ but what is the working and how did they get it?
Best Answer
Let the digits be$b,c,d,29-b-c-d$
As $0\le b,c,d\le9,0<b+c+d\le27<29$
Now, $$(29-b-c-d)+10b+100c+1000d=29+9b+99c+999d\equiv-20b+12c-16d$$
We need $29\mid(5b-3c+4d)\equiv-24b-3c+33d\iff29\mid(c+8b-11d)$
For $29\mid(8b-11d)\implies8b-11d=(29k-c)(11\cdot3-8\cdot4)$
$\iff8(b+116k-4c)=11(87k+d-3c)\iff b+116k=11m+4c$
$\iff b\equiv5k+4c\pmod{11}$ and $d\equiv3c+k\pmod{11}$
Test for $c;0\le c\le9$ ensuring $0\le b,c,d\le9$ and $b+c+d\ge20$