If a number is selected at random from the set of all five digit numbers in which the sum of the digits is equal to 43, compute the probaility that this number is divisible by 11.
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The digit combinations of a 5-digit number having a sum of 43 is quite limited.
The digits are 99997, 99988.
99997 can place the 7 in 5 positions, so the number of outcomes using 4-9's and a 7 is 5.
Using 3-9's and 2-8's has 5!/(3!2!)=10 ways of arranging the numbers.
Of these, only 98989, 97999 and 99979 are divisible by 11.
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To compute the probability that a randomly selected number from the set of all five-digit numbers with a digit sum of 43 is divisible by 11, we need to determine the number of numbers in the set that meet this criterion and divide it by the total number of five-digit numbers with a digit sum of 43.
Let's break down the problem step by step:
Step 1: Finding the range of possible digit values for each position
Since we are considering five-digit numbers, each position can contain digits from 0 to 9. However, we need to consider the sum of digits equal to 43, so we will create an equation:
a + b + c + d + e = 43
Step 2: Assigning values to the digits
To determine the number of ways we can assign values to the digits, we can use a combinatorial approach. This problem can be represented as a "stars and bars" problem, where the 43 "stars" represent the digits, and the 4 "bars" represent the separating positions. We need to place the bars to divide the 43 stars into 5 groups.
Let's illustrate this with an example:
* | * | * | * | * | *
In this example, we have divided the 43 stars into five groups (denoted by asterisks). The number of stars between each subsequent pair of bars represents the digit value at each respective position:
a b c d e
For example, here the digit values are a=1, b=1, c=1, d=5, and e=35.
According to combinatorial principles, the number of ways to arrange these digits is given by the formula:
(n+k-1)C(k-1)
Where n is the total number of stars (43) and k is the number of bars (4). Hence, we have:
(43+4-1)C(4-1) = 46C3 = 15180
Step 3: Finding the number of numbers divisible by 11
For a number to be divisible by 11, the difference between the sum of digits in odd positions and the sum of digits in even positions must be a multiple of 11.
Let's analyze the possible cases for the sum of digits in odd and even positions:
Case 1: Sum in odd positions = 22, Sum in even positions = 21 (Difference = 1)
In this case, we have a total of 4 odd positions (a, c, e) and 4 even positions (b, d). To determine the number of ways we can assign these digits' values, we can use the same combinatorial approach as in Step 2, but with different values. Now, we need to distribute 22 stars among 4 odd positions and 21 stars among 4 even positions:
For odd positions: (22+4-1)C(4-1) = 25C3 = 2,300
For even positions: (21+4-1)C(4-1) = 24C3 = 2,024
However, we need to consider that the first digit (a) cannot be zero. Hence, for the first digit, we have 24 choices (1 to 9 and 10 to 33), and for the remaining digits, we still have the same number of choices:
Total number of numbers in this case = 24 * 2,300 * 2,024 = 110,051,200
Case 2: Sum in odd positions = 33, Sum in even positions = 10 (Difference = 23)
In this case, we have a total of 4 odd positions (a, c, e) and 4 even positions (b, d). Using the same combinatorial approach, we can distribute 33 stars among 4 odd positions and 10 stars among 4 even positions:
For odd positions: (33+4-1)C(4-1) = 36C3 = 7,260
For even positions: (10+4-1)C(4-1) = 13C3 = 286
Similar to Case 1, we need to consider the choice for the first digit (a) cannot be zero. Hence, for the first digit, we have 12 choices (3 to 9 and 10 to 30), and for the remaining digits, we still have the same number of choices:
Total number of numbers in this case = 12 * 7,260 * 286 = 24,591,360
Step 4: Calculating the probability
The probability is defined as the number of favorable outcomes (numbers divisible by 11) divided by the total number of possible outcomes (numbers with sum of digits equal to 43).
Total number of numbers with a sum of digits equal to 43 = 15,180 (from Step 2)
Total number of numbers divisible by 11 = 110,051,200 (Case 1) + 24,591,360 (Case 2) = 134,642,560
Probability = (Number of numbers divisible by 11) / (Total number of numbers with sum of digits equal to 43)
= 134,642,560 / 15,180 ≈ 8,873.997