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Find the value of K┬▓ тИТ 3K, for which the number 58K764 is divisible by 11.
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40
Alternate sum difference: (4+7+8)тИТ(6+K+5)=19тИТ(K+11)=8тИТK. For divisibility by 11, 8тИТK=0тЯ╣K=8. Then K2тИТ3K=64тИТ24=40.
Number 58K764 is divisible by 11.
Sum┬аof┬аodd┬аplace┬аdigitsтИТSum┬аof┬аeven┬аplace┬аdigits=0┬аor┬аa┬аmultiple┬аof┬а11
Alternate sum difference: (4+7+8)тИТ(6+K+5)=19тИТ(K+11)=8тИТK. For divisibility by 11, 8тИТK=0тЯ╣K=8. Then K2тИТ3K=64тИТ24=40.
Students often count positions from left instead of right, or miscalculate the sign in 19тИТ(11+K), resulting in K=тИТ3 or taking K=3 leading to an incorrect result.
Apply Divisibility Rule of 11
A number is divisible by 11 if the difference between the sum of its digits at odd places (from the right) and the sum of its digits at even places (from the right) is either 0 or a multiple of 11.
SumoddтАЛтИТSumevenтАЛ=11m,mтИИZ
Calculate Sum of Digits
For the number 58K764, identifying digits from right to left:
SumoddтАЛ=4+7+8=19SumevenтАЛ=6+K+5=11+K
Solve for K
Subtract the sum of even place digits from the sum of odd place digits and set the result to 0 (since K is a single digit, 0тЙдKтЙд9):
19тИТ(11+K)=0тЯ╣8тИТK=0тЯ╣K=8
Calculate required expression
Substitute K=8 into the required expression K2тИТ3K:
K2тИТ3K=82тИТ3(8)=64тИТ24=40
A is correct because substituting K=8 into K2тИТ3K gives 82тИТ3(8)=40.
Divisibility rules are frequently combined with algebraic expressions in quantitative aptitude exams. Always solve for the digit first before plugging it into the polynomial expression.