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Identity of a subset

Source: Indonesia Mathematics Olympiad 2008 Day 1 Problem 4

August 13, 2008
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Problem Statement

Let A \equal{} \{1,2,\ldots,2008\} a) Find the number of subset of A A which satisfy : the product of its elements is divisible by 7 b) Let N(i) N(i) denotes the number of subset of A A which sum of its elements remains i i when divided by 7. Prove that N(0) \minus{} N(1) \plus{} N(2) \minus{} N(3) \plus{} N(4) \minus{} N(5) \plus{} N(6)\minus{}N(7) \equal{} 0 EDITED : thx for cosinator.. BTW, your statement and my correction give 80% hint of the solution :D