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Guessing the number

Source: 239 2012 S7

July 30, 2020

Problem Statement

Vasya conceived a two-digit number aa, and Petya is trying to guess it. To do this, he tells Vasya a natural number kk, and Vasya tells Petya the sum of the digits of the number kaka. What is the smallest number of questions that Petya has to ask so that he can certainly be able to determine Vasya’s number?