Little hard Puzzle

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Question:

Arrange the digits from 1 to 9 to make a 9-digit number ABCDEFGHI which satisfies the following conditions:

1) AB is divisible by 2;
2) ABC is divisible by 3;
3) ABCD is divisible by 4;
4) ABCDE is divisible by 5;
5) ABCDEF is divisible by 6;
6) ABCDEFG is divisible by 7;
7) ABCDEFGH is divisible by 8;
Cool ABCDEFGHI is divisible by 9.

ANSWER :


From condition 4, we know that E equals 5.

From conditions 1, 3, 5 and 7, we know that B, D, F, H are even numbers, therefore A, C, G, I are 1, 3, 7, 9 in some order.

Furthermore, from conditions 3 and 7 we know that CD is divisible by 4 and GH is divisible by 8 (because FGH is divisible by 8 and F is even). Because C and G are odd, D and H must be 2 and 6 in some order.

From conditions 2 and 5, we know that A+B+C, D+E+F, G+H+I are all divisible by 3.

If D=2, then F=8, H=6, B=4. A+4+C is divisible by 3, therefore A and C must be 1 and 7 in some order, G and I must be 3 and 9 in some order. G6 is divisible by 8, therefore G=9. But neither 1472589 nor 7412589 is divisible by 7.

Therefore D=6, and F=4, H=2, B=8. G2 is divisible by 8, therefore G=3 or 7. A+8+C is divisible by 3, therefore one of A and C is chosen from 1 and 7, the other is chosen from 3 and 9.

If G=3, then one of A and C is 9, the other is chosen from 1 and 7. But none of 1896543, 7896543, 9816543 and 9876543 is divisible by 7.

Therefore G=7, one of A and C is 1, the other is chosen from 3 and 9. From 1836547, 1896547, 3816547 and 9816547, only 3816547 is divisible by 7 (the quotient is 545221).

Therefore, the number we are looking for is 381654729

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