An Amazing Math Problem

Hello there! My name is Rujuta Mhaswade and today I going to ask you an amazing math problem.

My dad and I were taking a walk and he asked me this problem (we even wrote it with a chalk on the sidewalk):

Math Problem: Use the digits 0-6 exactly ONCE (i.e. the seven digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) to make this equation true.

I think everyone should give this problem a try, and, as Clifford Pickover typically says on his Twitter, you’ll shiver in ecstasy when you get the answers.

My dad later told me that there are 6 solutions to this problem (he wrote a computer program to verify). But a funny thing is that he couldn’t solve all of them in his head or on paper. More importantly, he couldn’t realize an important characteristic of this problem: If you get one solution, you should get another solution almost immediately. Do you see why?

Yes, math is fun for everyone!

Reference: https://www.openmiddle.com/

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