2014 AMC 10B Problem 10
Problem 10 of 25EasierNumber Theory
In the addition shown below and are distinct digits. How many different values are possible for
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Solution
From the leftmost column, there is no carry into a sixth digit, so .
The units column is , so it also has no carry. The tens column then gives , hence .
Since and are distinct nonzero digits, can be any digit from through . For example, give .
Thus there are possible values of , and the correct answer is C .