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Thirds and Differences (Posted on 2005-07-21)

Arrange the digits 1-9 so that the first 3 form a number that is 1/3 of the number formed by the last three and the three digits in the middle form a number that is the difference between them.

The numbers are as they appear, not summed.

No Solution Yet Submitted by Erik O.

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Puzzle Answer

| Comment 11 of 12 |

The number formed by first three digits = n(say)

Then, the number formed by the last three digits =3n

And the number formed by the middle three digits=3n-n=2n

Then, the solution is given by:

n 2n 3n

273 546 819

327 654 981

219 438 657

192 384 576

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-03-20 02:34:53

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