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Re:Divisibility by 7 is a Walk on a Graph (2009) by pervycreeper on Sunday November 08, 2015 @11:01PM (#10531311)
21=3*7

you are subtracting multiples of 21, then dividing by 10, which is coprime with 7

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Re:Divisibility by 7 is a Walk on a Graph (2009) by orbitur on Sunday November 08, 2015 @11:24PM (#10531381)
The examples subtracted 10, 16, etc... Those aren't multiples of 21.
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Re:Divisibility by 7 is a Walk on a Graph (2009) by chadzawistowski on Monday November 09, 2015 @12:06AM (#10531486)
Since you scratched off the last digit, 10 is really 100, plus 5 for the digit you scratched off = 105.

105 is a multiple of 21.

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