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| Question 1204296:  Find the sum of the digit of a 3 digit integers
 
 Found 2 solutions by  mananth, ikleyn:
 Answer by mananth(16946)
      (Show Source): Answer by ikleyn(52878)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! . Find the sum of the
  digits of  3 digit integers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
 Attention to the visitor  (and to the problem's creator)
 
 
    If you want to avoid misreading and misunderstanding, write "three-digit integers" 
    instead of "3 digit integers", as this standard form is traditionally accepted in Math.
 Solution
 
 
 
Three-digit integers are from 100 to 999. In all, there are 999 - 99 = 900 such integer numbers.
The ones digits are from 0 to 9.  
    Each ones digit from 0 to 9 is repeated with the same frequency;
    the number of different digits is 10 and the frequency of each digit is 900/10 = 90.
    So, the sum of all digits in the ones position is 90 times (1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + 9) =  = 5*9 = 45.
    90 times 45 is  90*45 = 4050.  Thus the sum of all 900 ones digits is 4050.
The tens digits are from 0 to 9.  
    Each tens digit from 0 to 9 is repeated with the same frequency;
    the number of different digits is 10 and the frequency of each digit is 900/10 = 90.
    So, the sum of all digits in the tens position is 90 times (1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + 9) =  = 5*9 = 45.
    90 times 45 is  90*45 = 4050.  Thus the sum of all 900 tens digits is 4050.
The hundreds digits are from 1 to 9.  
    Each hundreds digit from 1 to 9 is repeated with the same frequency;
    the number of different digits is 9 (the zero is not included) and the frequency of each digit is 900/9 = 100.
    So, the sum of all digits in the hundreds position is 100 times (1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + 9) =  = 5*9 = 45.
    100 times 45 is  100*45 = 4500.  Thus the sum of all 900 hundreds digits is 4500.
Now the ANSWER to the problem's question is this sum  4050 + 4050 + 4500 = 12600.Solved.
 
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 In this problem,  there is an underwater stone,  so be  CAREFUL:
 
 - the frequency of digits in the hundreds position  (100)
 is not the same as that in the tens and/or in the ones position  (90).
 
 
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 As I see from the post,  the level of the problem's creator in  Math is quite low,  same as in  English.
 
 
 
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