document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1100663>Question 1100663</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the smallest whole number X. If you increase X by 10%, the sum of its digits decreases by 11 %. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Are you sure you have stated the problem correctly?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the sum of the digits decreases by 11%, then it must decrease from 100 to 89, or from 200 to 178, or from 300 to 267, ... etc.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "There would not seem to be an algebraic way to find a number that satisfies those conditions.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The only approach I would know to solve this problem is by writing a computer program to crunch the numbers.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the problem is not EXACTLY the way you show it, then resubmit it with the correct information. </SPAN>\n" );
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