Missing digits (Posted on 2004-09-04)

	Submitted by Federico Kereki
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If P is the middle even number, the product is (P-2)P(P+2)= P^3-4P. This result must be between 87000008 and 87999998; we can approximate P by taking cube roots, and we find P should be 444, which does work out: 442*444*446= 87526608

	Subject	Author	Date
	Puzzle Resolution	K Sengupta	2007-06-25 15:47:35
	Answer	K Sengupta	2007-06-25 15:30:05
	No Subject	doremi	2004-10-29 20:23:52
	Solution, probably nothing new	nikki	2004-09-07 14:27:04
	answer	Jim	2004-09-07 10:18:38
	Cube Roots	brianjn	2004-09-04 21:07:17
	Answer	Oskar	2004-09-04 18:47:50
	Solution	Dan Blume	2004-09-04 17:00:45
	Solution	David Shin	2004-09-04 09:47:58