Problem 1941. Lowest sum from a group of digits

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Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 29 Sep 2014

I fought against this problem during months... :)

bainhome on 28 Mar 2018

Dear James, I got a few questions: how old are your lovely daughter? and how insanely creepy is this teacher to put number like "225802467" in her homework? That just kill us too.

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