
Sum Digital Sum And Product
Problem
The number 49 is unusual in that 49 + (4+9) = 36 + 13 = 49. In other words, if we add the product and sum of the digits we get the number itself.
Find all 2-digit solutions.
Solution
Let the number, N = 10a+b = ab + a+b.
9a = ab, 9a
ab = 0, a(9
b) = 0
a = 0 or b = 9.
But as N is a 2-digit number, a 0.
Hence the 2-digit solutions are: 19, 29, 39, ..., 99.
What about 3-digit solutions?
Problem ID: 171 (May 2004) Difficulty: 1 Star