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The number 299556 contains two sets of digits in which one digit is 10 times as great as the other. What are the values of the digits in each set.

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the two sets are "99" and "55"

for 99, the first 9 refers to 9 0000 (ninety thousand) and the second to 9 000 (nine thousand)

the second set, 55:

the first 5 refers to 500 (five hundred) and the second to 50 (fifty).
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