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When Matthew eats at a buffet, he has one serving of each dish, but never goes back for seconds.

When asked the name of his favorite animal, Matthew lists 26, each starting with a different letter.

What changes can be made to the letters and/or numbers below to make Matthew happy?

      4 x 
    7 x x
x x x x x
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  • $\begingroup$ Is it intentional that we don't know the operator? $\endgroup$
    – Xylius
    Jun 11, 2016 at 23:44
  • $\begingroup$ @xylius Yes because that would make the problem too easy $\endgroup$
    – Logan
    Jun 11, 2016 at 23:46
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    $\begingroup$ Okay then, challenge accepted $\endgroup$
    – Xylius
    Jun 11, 2016 at 23:48

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Matthew does not like repetition. He prefers one of each. Since there are 10 spaces, he would like to use 0-9 once each.

Keep the 4 and the 7 and replace all the x's

46 multiplied by 715 = 32890

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