document.write( "Question 520170: All the positive integers with an initial digit of 2 are written down in succession. What is the 1978th digit thus written? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2 is the first one, then 20 through 29 are the next 10, then 200 through 299 are the next 100, then 2000 through 2999 are the next 1000. 1 + 10 + 100 + 1000 = 1111. 1978 minus 1111 is 867, so we need 867 more: 20000 through 20866 (only 866 because of zero based count)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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