UKMT Pink Kangaroo, 2019

Number theory Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

On each of three pieces of paper a five-digit number is written as shown. Three of the digits are covered. The sum of the three numbers is $57263$ . What are the covered digits?

(A) $0, 2$ and $2$ (B) $1, 2$ and $9$ (C) $2, 4$ and $9$ (D) $2, 7$ and $8$ (E) $5, 7$ and $8$

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