A four-digit number aabb is divisible by 55.

Question:

A four-digit number aabb is divisible by 55. Then, possible value(s) of b is/are

(a) 0 and 2

(b) 2 and 5

(c) 0 and 5

(d) 7

Solution:

(c) It is given that, aabb is divisible by 55. Then, it is also divisible by 5.

Now, if a number is divisible by 5, then its unit digit is either 0 or 5.

Hence, the possible values of b are 0 and 5.

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