Problem

Source: Nordic Mathematical Contest 2002 #4

Tags: number theory, multiple



Eva, Per and Anna play with their pocket calculators. They choose different integers and check, whether or not they are divisible by ${11}$. They only look at nine-digit numbers consisting of all the digits ${1, 2, . . . , 9}$. Anna claims that the probability of such a number to be a multiple of ${11}$ is exactly ${1/11}$. Eva has a different opinion: she thinks the probability is less than ${1/11}$. Per thinks the probability is more than ${1/11}$. Who is correct?