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Problem 129: Repunit divisibility

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--description--

A number consisting entirely of ones is called a repunit. We shall define $R(k)$ to be a repunit of length $k$; for example, $R(6) = 111111$.

Given that $n$ is a positive integer and $GCD(n, 10) = 1$, it can be shown that there always exists a value, $k$, for which $R(k)$ is divisible by $n$, and let $A(n)$ be the least such value of $k$; for example, $A(7) = 6$ and $A(41) = 5$.

The least value of $n$ for which $A(n)$ first exceeds ten is 17.

Find the least value of $n$ for which $A(n)$ first exceeds one-million.

--hints--

repunitDivisibility() should return 1000023.

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assert.strictEqual(repunitDivisibility(), 1000023);

--seed--

--seed-contents--

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function repunitDivisibility() {

  return true;
}

repunitDivisibility();

--solutions--

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// solution required