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Robust numbers (Posted on 2024-06-02) Difficulty: 3 of 5
An eight-digit number is said to be 'robust' if it meets both of the following conditions:

(i) None of its digits is 0.
(ii) The difference between two consecutive digits is 4 or 5.

Answer the following questions:

(a) How many robust numbers are there?
(b) A robust number is said to be 'super robust' if all of its digits are distinct. Calculate the sum of all the super robust numbers.

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Puzzle Thoughts Comment 2 of 2 |
(i) There are 9*2^7 = 1152 Robust numbers.
(ii)  There are 18 super robust numbers
      and their sum is 18 * 55555555 = 999999990.

  Posted by K Sengupta on 2024-06-02 22:28:31
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