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| From | "Peter Oatway" <poatway@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Mind boggler |
| Date | Wed, 11 May 2005 11:29:42 -0400 |
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>At Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 20:38:49 Miguel wrote:
>
> Totally non-musical related BUT what a mind-boggler!
>
>Try it... Follow the instructions carefully... on the last page where
>you're asked to type in your >reply just do so as it doesn't cursor...
>you'll be amazed (and if someone can come back with a >logical
>solution....)
>
>http://digicc.com/fido/
>
>I did it twice with two separate sets of numbers and the answer was wrong
>both times.
>
>
>Jaimie Vernon,
>
>
Try again Jaimie.
Transposing digits in a number always leaves a difference which is divisible
by 9, for example:
711- 117 = 594
594=66*9
Remove one of the digits from your difference of 594, say the 4, and you're
left with 5 and 9.
5+9=14 which is 4 less than the next number evenly divisible by 9, that is
18.
The answer is 4.
High school was the best 11 years of my life.
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