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    1) The question asks to find the perfect square decimal number aabb given that a, b are digits between 0-9. 2) Setting aabb = 11n^2 and using divisibility rules, it is deduced that a + b = 11. 3) Further working yields the relations a = x + 1, b = 10 - x, and (xy)10 = 9a + 1, where x = a - 1 and y = 11 - a. 4) Since a must be an integer between 0-9, the only possible values are a = 7, b = 4, giving the number 7744.

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    1) The question asks to find the perfect square decimal number aabb given that a, b are digits between 0-9. 2) Setting aabb = 11n^2 and using divisibility rules, it is deduced that a + b = 11. 3) Further working yields the relations a = x + 1, b = 10 - x, and (xy)10 = 9a + 1, where x = a - 1 and y = 11 - a. 4) Since a must be an integer between 0-9, the only possible values are a = 7, b = 4, giving the number 7744.

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    1) The question asks to find the perfect square decimal number aabb given that a, b are digits between 0-9. 2) Setting aabb = 11n^2 and using divisibility rules, it is deduced that a + b = 11. 3) Further working yields the relations a = x + 1, b = 10 - x, and (xy)10 = 9a + 1, where x = a - 1 and y = 11 - a. 4) Since a must be an integer between 0-9, the only possible values are a = 7, b = 4, giving the number 7744.

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    Q1 - Ruthwik

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    1) The question asks to find the perfect square decimal number aabb given that a, b are digits between 0-9. 2) Setting aabb = 11n^2 and using divisibility rules, it is deduced that a + b = 11. 3) Further working yields the relations a = x + 1, b = 10 - x, and (xy)10 = 9a + 1, where x = a - 1 and y = 11 - a. 4) Since a must be an integer between 0-9, the only possible values are a = 7, b = 4, giving the number 7744.

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    Q1.

    It is given in the question that 𝑎𝑎𝑏𝑏 is a perfect square and a decimal number.

    𝑎𝑎𝑏𝑏 = 103 𝑎 + 102 𝑎 + 10𝑏 + 𝑏

    = 102 𝑎(10 + 1) + 11𝑏


    = 11(102 𝑎 + 𝑏)

    For the above quantity to be a perfect square, (102 𝑎 + 𝑏) should be divisible by 11 and the
    quotient should be a perfect square, i.e.

    (102 𝑎 + 𝑏) = 11𝑛2

    [3 Marks till here] - So if guessing starts here and concludes in right answer, 4 Marks (No extra
    mark if final answer is wrong).

    Since 𝑎, 𝑏 ∈ 𝑍 + and 𝑎, 𝑏 ∈ [0, 9],

    10𝑎2 + 𝑏 = (𝑎0𝑏)10
    The divisibility rule of 11 dictates that the quantity (𝑎 + 𝑏 − 0) should be zero or divisible by
    11. Since the former is not possible, and 𝑎, 𝑏 ∈ [0, 18],

    𝒂 + 𝒃 = 𝟏𝟏
    [6 Marks till here] – If guessing starts here and concludes in right answer, 7 Marks (No extra
    mark if final answer is wrong).

    Performing the division,


    11 ] 𝑎 0 𝑏 [ 𝑥
    𝑥 𝑥

    The remainder of the first step above contains two digits (𝑎 − 1 − 𝑥), and (10 − 𝑥). The
    remainder should also ∈ [0, 10].

    ⇒ 𝑎 − 1 − 𝑥 = 1 𝑨𝑵𝑫 10 − 𝑥 = 0
    (𝑂𝑅)

    𝑎 − 1 − 𝑥 = 0 (𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡 ∈ [0, 9])


    The first condition above leads to 𝑎 = 13, which is a contradiction.

    ⇒𝑎 =𝑥+1
    Now, continuing the division
    11 ] 𝑎 0 𝑏 [ 𝑥𝑦
    𝑥 𝑥
    (10 − 𝑥) 𝑏
    𝑦 𝑦
    ⇒ 10 − 𝑥 = 𝑦 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑏 = 𝑦
    (𝑂𝑅)
    ⇒ 9 − 𝑥 = 𝑦 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑏 + 10 = 𝑦
    Expanding the first condition,

    ⇒ 𝑏 = 10 − 𝑥
    ⇒ 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 10 − 𝑥 + 𝑥 + 1 = 11
    which is true. Therefore,

    𝑎 =𝑥+1⇒𝑥 =𝑎−1
    𝑏 = 𝑦 = 10 − 𝑥
    ⇒ 𝑦 = 10 − 𝑎 + 1 = 11 − 𝑎
    The final condition is that (𝑥𝑦)10 should be a perfect square.
    (𝑥𝑦)10 = 10(𝑎 − 1) + 11 − 𝑎

    = 9𝑎 + 1

    ⇒ 𝟗𝒂 + 𝟏 = 𝒏𝟐
    [9 Marks till here] – If guessing starts here and concludes in right answer, 10 Marks (No extra
    mark if final answer is wrong).

    Since 𝑎 ∈ [0, 9] and 𝑎 ∈ 𝑍 +

    ⇒ 𝑛2 ∈ [1, 82]
    ⟹ 𝑛 ∈ [1, 9] 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 ∈ 𝑍 +
    Now

    𝑛2 − 1
    𝑎=
    9
    𝑛−1 𝑛+1
    =( )( )
    3 3
    For 𝑎 ∈ 𝑍 + , both 𝑛 − 1 and 𝑛 + 1 should be divisible by 3. However, 𝑛 − 1, 𝑛, 𝑛 + 1 are
    consecutive integers. Hence, if 𝑛 − 1 is divisible by 3, 𝑛 + 1 is not — and vice versa. The only
    possibility for 𝑎 ∈ 𝑍 + is if either 𝑛 − 1 or 𝑛 + 1 is equal to 9 (Multiple of 9 is also enough, but
    𝑛 ∈ [1, 9]).

    ⟹𝑛=8
    ⟹𝒂=𝟕
    ⟹𝒃=𝟒
    Therefore, the original decimal number is 7744.

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