SOLUTION: A 5 digit number is represented by ABCDE where each letter is a digit. If we add the digit 1 in front of ABCDE we get 1ABCDE. The product 1ABCDE and 3 is the six digit number ABC

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Question 162387: A 5 digit number is represented by ABCDE where each letter is a digit. If we add the digit 1 in front of ABCDE we get 1ABCDE. The product 1ABCDE and 3 is the six digit number ABCDE1. Find the value of the original number ABCDE.
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3(ABCDE+100000)=10(ABCDE)+1 __ 3(ABCDE)+300000=10(ABCDE)+1 __ 299999=7(ABCDE)

ABCDE=42857