document.write( "Question 414389: When two missing digits in a given number, 8 5 ___ ___ 1, are replaced, the number is divisible by 99. What is the number?\r
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document.write( "I have tried this several times and keep coming up with three choices:
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document.write( " The number is either 85221 or 85041 or 85401\r
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document.write( "The answer books says the answer is 85041 but why did they exclude the other possibilities? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #290651 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The excluded numbers are not evenly divisible by 99 \n" ); document.write( " |