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To determine if 42 is divisible by 3, you can add up the digits of 42 (4 + 2 = 6) and check if the sum is divisible by 3. Since 6 is divisible by 3, then 42 is also divisible by 3. This is based on the rule that a number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 3.

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8y ago

Its digits add up to a multiple of 3.

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8y ago

4+2 = 66 = 3*2 so 42 is divisible by 3.

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