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Old July 7th, 2008, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Jhevon View Post
to be even, the number has to end with the 4 or the 6.

to end with 4, the number is of the form ****4, where the *'s represent the other numbers. there are 4! ways to make such a number, by permuting the 4 *'s

the same holds true if we end the number with 6.

so that in all, there are 2*4! = 48 even numbers
LOL thanks!. looks like i thought 3 was an even number hahahahaha.
problem solved
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