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Check the divisibility of 5476 by 9.


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According to the divisibility by 9:

A number is divisible by 9, if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.

For example:

Consider the number 57384

sum of digits =5+7+3+8+4=27, which is divisible by 9. Therefore, the number 57384 is divisible by 9.

Now, we have 5476,

the sum of digits of the number 5476 =5+4+7+6=22,which is not divisible by 9.

Thus, 5476 is not divisible by 9.


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