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Problem
Find the sum of the digits in the answer to
where a string of 
nines is multiplied by a string of fours.
Solution 1
Notice that:
and 
and 
So the sum of the digits of 
9s times 4s is simply 
(Try to find the proof that it works for all values of ~MATHWIZARD10).
Therefore the answer is 
Solution 2
![\[\underbrace{9999\cdots 99}_{94\text{ nines}} \cdot \underbrace{4444\cdots 44}_{94\text{ fours}} = (10^{94}-1)\cdot \underbrace{4444\cdots 44}_{94\text{ fours}} = \underbrace{444\cdots 4}_{94\text{ fours}} \underbrace{000\cdots 0}_{94\text{ zeros}} - \underbrace{4444\cdots 44}_{94\text{ fours}} = \underbrace{444\cdots 4}_{93\text{ fours}} 3 \underbrace{555\cdots 5}_{93\text{ zeros}}6\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/2/c/4/2c4e35056eeb18ed80d63ee83cbdbb4a5008ae48.png)
![\[4 \cdot 93 + 3 + 5 \cdot 93 + 6 = 9 \cdot 94 = \boxed{\text{(A)}\ 846}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/6/7/e670aff931f8a870df600bfa69d092ead3454350.png)
See Also
| 1994 AJHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 24 |
Followed by Last Problem | |
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| All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions | ||
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