SOLUTION: Sally found the magic number 12345679 in a book by Lewis Carroll. She got two students in her class to tell her their favourite numbers. The first was 3 and the second was 5. Sally

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Question 1132539: Sally found the magic number 12345679 in a book by Lewis Carroll. She got two students in her class to tell her their favourite numbers. The first was 3 and the second was 5. Sally first multiplied each of these numbers by 9, giving her 27 and 45. She then multiplied the Magic Number by 27, wrote down the answer on the board, and then did the same with 45. The sum of these two answers was:
a) 884 632 198 b)888 888 888 c) 788 365 288 d)222 222 222

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

the magic number is
multiplied by :=>
did the same with :=>
The sum of these two answers was:
so, your answer is b)

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