Q.How many different 6-digit numbers can be formed using digits in the number 659942? How many of them are divisible by 4?
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →659942 has the digit multiset — 9 is repeated twice, the rest distinct, and none of the digits is 0. Total distinct 6-digit numbers . For divisibility by 4, the two-digit number formed by the last two digits must itself be divisible by 4. Testing every distinct ordered pair from the digit set, the two-digit endings divisible by 4 are: 24, 52, 56, 64, 92, 96. For the endings 24, 52, 56, 64 (which use only one of the two 9's, leaving both 9's — wait, leaving one 9 and the other three distinct digits — in the front four positions): the front 4 digits are all distinct (only a single 9 remains among them alongside the other leftover digits), giving arrangements each, so ... but two of the 9's could also both remain: for endings 24, 52, 56, 64 the two digits used are non-9, so BOTH 9's remain among the front four digits, and the front is …
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