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UKMT Pink Kangaroo, 2016

Combinatorics Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer United Kingdom

Dates can be written in the form DD.MM.YYYY. For example, today's date is 17.03.2016. A date is called 'surprising' if all 8 digits in its written form are different. In what month will the next surprising date occur?

(A) March (B) June (C) July (D) August (E) December

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