document.write( "Question 1135924: I wrote the counting numbers joined together:
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Algebra.Com's Answer #753691 by greenestamps(13367)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "There is no magical formula for finding the answer to a problem like this. You just need to count (carefully!) the number of zeros you use when you write certain numbers, and find when that total reaches 100.

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document.write( "    numbers written   # of 0's  total # of 0's to this point\r\n" );
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document.write( "     10 to 90           9          9\r\n" );
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document.write( "     100                2         11\r\n" );
document.write( "     101-109            9         20\r\n" );
document.write( "     110-190            9         29\r\n" );
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document.write( "     200                2         31\r\n" );
document.write( "     201-209            9         40\r\n" );
document.write( "     210-290            9         49\r\n" );
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