SOLUTION: The objective of the puzzle is to discover the number given the clues below. It is a six-digit whole number. Half of its digits are 2's. Half of its digits are 1's. It is divisi

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Question 1156212: The objective of the puzzle is to discover the number given the clues below.
It is a six-digit whole number. Half of its digits are 2's. Half of its digits are 1's. It is divisible by 3. It is an odd number. It is divisible by 9. Its digits alternate.

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52802)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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212121.                  ANSWER


Many conditions are EXCESSIVE and non-necessary.


Non-necessary are: a) divisible by 3;

                   b) divisible by 9.


Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


As tutor @ikleyn points out, the formulation of the problem is strange.

A 6-digit odd number with alternating digits of 1 and 2 has to be 212121.


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