SOLUTION: Using the following six digits, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 9, fill in the blanks below to make the maximum product that you can. Use each digit only once.
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Question 422247: Using the following six digits, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 9, fill in the blanks below to make the maximum product that you can. Use each digit only once.
__ __ __ x __ __ __ Answer by Edwin McCravy(20059) (Show Source):
It's obvious that the largest two digits should go
first in each number.
8 _ _ * 9 _ _
And it's obvious that the next two largest
6 and 4 should go next. But there are two
possibilities for that:
8 6 _ * 9 4 _ or 8 4 _ * 9 6 _
So we just have four possibilities to try:
861 * 942 = 811062
862 * 941 = 811142
841 * 962 = 809042
842 * 961 = 809162
So the winner is:
862*941 = 811142
In case you want to know the smallest product it's 148*269 = 39812
Edwin
