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Yes, good approach. Just one thing, abcde = 10000*a + 1000*b + 100*c + 10*d + e.
What you get, from the the substraction abcde - edcba, is 9999 * (a-e) + 990 * (b-d), which is always divisible by 99.
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I would have never figured this problem out... But this problem made me a lil bit more smarter today! :)
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yezz,

yes (no pun intended), thats a great approach - i had seen this place-value method in one of the MGMAT books or online material somewhere, but it never occured to me to apply it here :(

pretty cool - thanks!
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you are more than welcomed my friend , keep the good questions coming

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