probability that 9-digit numbers are mutliples of 11
Source: Nordic Mathematical Contest 2002 #4
September 24, 2017
number theorymultiple
Problem Statement
Eva, Per and Anna play with their pocket calculators. They choose different integers and check, whether or not they are divisible by . They only look at nine-digit numbers consisting of all the digits . Anna claims that the probability of such a number to be a multiple of is exactly . Eva has a different opinion: she thinks the probability is less than . Per thinks the probability is more than . Who is correct?