document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1200715>Question 1200715</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> mukami used the digits 3,1,5,2,6,9 to form the largest and the smallest digit number . what was the difference between tha largest and the smallest numbers formed? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "mukami used the digits 3,1,5,2,6,9 to form the largest and the smallest digit number . <BR>\n" );
document.write( "what was the difference between tha largest and the smallest numbers formed?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem's formulation in this post is INCORRECT.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Indeed, following to the given formulation, the smallest number is 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I perfectly understand the author's intention, but the formulation in the post DOES NOT correspond to this intention.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The standard formulation for this problem is as follows:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    What is the smallest 6-digit integer number, which can be formed using the digits 3, 1, 5, 2, 6, 9,\r\n" );
document.write( "    if every digit is used only once ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "    What is the greatest 6-digit integer number, which can be formed using the digits 3, 1, 5, 2, 6, 9,\r\n" );
document.write( "    if every digit is used only once ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Find the difference between these two numbers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is just a bad tradition at this forum posting wrong problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I always say in response, that the Math education of the problems' composers at this forum <BR>\n" );
document.write( "is from reading puzzles, not from learning Math.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It looks like they are not familiar with high standards of writing Math problems, at all.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Consider to hire 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 specialists, who will edit your mathematical writing on the daily basis.\r<BR>\n" );
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