Number theoryDifficulty 5.4Find the answerHMMT February
Compute the sum of all two-digit positive integers x such that for all three-digit (base 10) positive integers abc,ifabc is a multiple of x, then the three-digit (base 10) number bca is also a multiple of x.
A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.
Note that abc0−bca=a(104−1) must also be a multiple of x. Choosing a=1 means that x divides 103−1, and this is clearly a necessary and sufficient condition. The only two-digit factors of 103−1 are 27 and 37, so our answer is 27+37=64.
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