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Algebra Difficulty 3.9 AMC 10/12 Find the answer United States

What is the value of 1234+2341+3412+41231234 + 2341 + 3412 + 4123?

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Solution

Answer (E): When the four numbers are added, the digits 11, 22, 33, and 44 appear exactly once in each column of the addition problem, as shown in the figure.
123423413412+4123 \begin{array}{rl} & 1234 \\ & 2341 \\ & 3412 \\ + & 4123 \\ \hline \end{array}
The digits sum to 1010, producing a carry of 11 in each column. The sum of the four numbers is therefore 11,11011,110.

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