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A printer is typesetting a book. He needs one piece of type for each digit in the page numbers of the book. Each piece of type can be used only once. For example, page 3 and page 33 will require 3 pieces of type. How many twos will he need to number pages 1 through 232?

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 There would need to be 170 twos
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Answer: 87 pieces of type

Step-by-step explanation: k12

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