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Highest Number (Posted on 2004-09-18)

Use all the digits 1 to 9 create three 3-digit numbers, which, when multiplied together creates the highest value possible.

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763*852*941=611,721,516

I would post my code (or pseudocode), except it involves 16 nested for/if loops. It ran in a fraction of a second.

Posted by David Shin on 2004-09-18 12:47:45

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