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Anil Saigal
05/20/2015
Problem #1
Use each digit 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 exactly once to form two five-digit numbers that when multiplied produce the largest quantity.
Can you find five consecutive whole number that are all positive and such that the sum of the squares of the two largest numbers is equal to the sum of the squares of the three smallest?
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