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In the multiplication problem below $A$ , $B$ , $C$ , $D$ are different digits. What is $A+B$ ?

$\begin{array}{cccc}& A & B & A\\ \times & & C & D\\ \hline C & D & C & D\\ \end{array}$

$\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 9$

$CDCD = CD \cdot 101$ , so $ABA = 101$ . Therefore, $A = 1$ and $B = 0$ , so $A+B=1+0=\boxed{\textbf{(A)}\ 1}$ .

2006 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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 <math>CDCD = CD \cdot 101</math>, so <math>ABA = 101</math>. Therefore, <math>A = 1</math> and <math>B = 0</math>, so <math>A+B=1+0=\boxed{\textbf{(A)}\ 1}</math>.
-==Solution 4==
-We know that <math>A</math> is 1 because after you multiply the first column <math>A</math> and <math>D</math> you get <math>D</math>. Noticing that the value of <math>CD</math> does not matter as long it is a <math>2</math> digit number, let's give the value of the <math>2</math> digit number <math>CD</math> <math>10</math>. After doing some multiplication using the traditional method, our product is <math>1B10</math>. We know that our end product has to be <math>CDCD</math>, so since our value of <math>CD</math> is 10 our product should be <math>1010</math>. Therefore, <math>B</math> is 0 because <math>B</math> is in the spot of <math>0</math>. We are not done as the problem is asking for the value of <math>A+B</math> which is just <math>\boxed{\textbf{(A)}\ 1}</math>.
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 ==See Also==
 {{AMC8 box|year=2006|n=II|num-b=23|num-a=25}}
 {{MAA Notice}}