2002 AMC 12B Problem 1


The arithmetic mean of the nine numbers in the set {9,99,999,9999,,999999999}\{9, 99, 999, 9999, \ldots, 999999999\} is a 99 -digit number MM , all of whose digits are distinct. The number MM does not contain the digit

(A) 0(B) 2(C) 4(D) 6(E) 8\mathrm{(A)}\ 0\qquad\mathrm{(B)}\ 2\qquad\mathrm{(C)}\ 4\qquad\mathrm{(D)}\ 6\qquad\mathrm{(E)}\ 8


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