Show that for every integer n , there is a multiple of n that has only 0's and 1's in its decimal expansion ?



Proof:

 Let n be a positive integer . Consider the (n+1) integers 1 , 11 , 111 ,... ,11...1  n+1 ones (Where the last integer in this list with n+1 is in its decimal expansion).

Note that there are n possible remainders when an integer is divided by n . 

Because there are n+1 integers in this list , by the pigeonhole principle there must be two with the same remainder when divided by n .

The larger of these integers minus .

The smaller one is a multiple of n , which has a decimal expansion consisting entirely of 0's and 1's .

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