The sum of all four-digit numbers that can be formed with the distinct non-zero digits and , with each digit appearing exactly once in every number, is , where is a single digit natural number. Then, the value of is
The sum of all four-digit numbers that can be formed with the distinct non-zero digits and , with each digit appearing exactly once in every number, is , where is a single digit natural number. Then, the value of is
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Solution
We need to find the sum of all four-digit numbers formed using four distinct non-zero digits a, b, c, and d, where each digit appears exactly once in every number.
Total number of 4-digit numbers possible = numbers
We have 4 choices for the first position, 3 remaining choices for the second position, 2 for the third, and 1 for the last position. So: .
Since we're forming ALL possible arrangements, each digit will appear an equal number of times in each position.
Each digit appears in each position exactly times.
Out of 24 numbers, digit 'a' will be in the thousands place 6 times, hundreds place 6 times, tens place 6 times, and units place 6 times. Same for b, c, and d.
For any digit x, its total contribution across all 24 numbers is:
6 times in thousands place:
6 times in hundreds place:
6 times in tens place:
6 times in units place:
Total contribution of digit x =
Sum of all numbers =
Given:
To find , we divide:
Since must be a whole number (sum of digits), we take the integer part:
If , then:
Comparing with our equation:
Therefore,
is indeed a single-digit natural number as required, and our calculation checks out perfectly.
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