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To: Fierce Allegiance; patton; xsmommy; Cyber Liberty

Ya found it!

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73 posted on 11/17/2005 8:23:07 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (-I contribute to FR monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS supports Hillary's Secular Sexual Socialism every day.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Let K = 10A + B, where A is an element of {1,2,...,9} and B is an element of {0,1,...,9}. Then K is an elemnt of {10,11,...,99}. Suppose K - (A+B) is not a multiple of 9. Then K-(A+B) = 9n + p, where n and p are integers. Thus, 10A + B -A - B = 9n + p, so 9A = 9n + p, and hence 9(A-n)=p. If A=n, then p=0, and hence K is a multiple of 9. If A<>n, then p is a multiple of 9, and thus K is a multiple of nine.

QED, K is a multiple of 9.

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101 posted on 11/17/2005 9:25:24 AM PST by patton ("Hard Drive Cemetary" - forthcoming best seller)
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