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## Missing digit

I have a five digit number - no, it's not that easy
I rearrange the digits and subtract the smaller number from the larger.

The difference is also a five digit number. I jumble up the digits of the difference. Four of the digits of the difference are 2172.

What's the missing digit of the difference?
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 brute force , hapahazard hand waving and abra cadabras are giving me the missing digit as ::6:: Let me see if i can see through some technique here .... interesting problem btw. -- AI
 Recognitions: Homework Help Science Advisor The missing digit would have to be 6 since the difference must be a multiple of 9.

## Missing digit

duh! ofcourse!

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**i should sincerely stop playing notpron, i am losing sight of the obvious**
 i'm missing something, why does it have to be a multiple of 9?

 Quote by eddo i'm missing something, why does it have to be a multiple of 9?
Remember (10^k - 1) is always multiple of 9.
So, for each digit A , you have:
A*10^n - A*10^m = A*(10^n - 10^m) which is multiple of 9 .

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