Show that an integer (N) is congruent modulo 9 to the sum of its decimal digits. For

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Show that an integer \(N\) is congruent modulo 9 to the sum of its decimal digits. For example, \(475 \equiv 4+7+5 \equiv 16 \equiv 1+6 \equiv 7(\bmod 9)\). This is the basis for the familiar procedure of "casting out 9's" when checking computations in arithmetic.

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