document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=168625>Question 168625</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find a six-digit number in which the first digit is two less than the second.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The second digit is two less than the third.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The third digit is two less than the fourth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And the fourth digit is two less than the fifth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The first and last digits are the same.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please show the work, i would appreciate it! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #124297 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=124297\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> lets call the six digits consecutively A,B,C,D,E,F....these must all be single digits\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A=B-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B=C-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=D-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D=E-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E=unknown<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F=A\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now plug in B,C,D values(one at a time), into 1st equation and you arrive at\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A=E-8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now in order for A to be a single digit number E-8>0 or E>8 since 9 is the only single digit remaining above 8 then E=9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since E=9 it follows that D=7,C=5,B=3, and A=1, and since A=F F=1 also\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so we have 1,3,5,7,9,1 as the six digit number.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I got to thinking that 0 is also a digit so the above E-8>0 should really be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=E-8%3E=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"E-8%3E=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so E can be 8 or 9 ...we already have the answer if E is 9..If E is 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it would be 0,2,4,6,8,0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so two possibilities in my opinion because I see nothing that narrows it down to one or the other. </SPAN>\n" );
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