Quick Math Puzzle | Dataford Interview Questions

What is the greatest 3 by 2 product you can get with 2, 4, 7, 8, and 9, given less than a minute?

Implement maximize_product(digits) using each of the five distinct digits exactly once, with three digits forming one number and two digits forming the other. Return the greatest product as an integer. The input is a list of five distinct digits from 1 through 9.

Constraints

digits contains exactly 5 elements
Each element is a distinct integer from 1 through 9
Every digit must be used exactly once
The first number has exactly 3 digits and the second has exactly 2 digits

Function Signature

def maximize_product(digits):

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Problem

What is the greatest 3 by 2 product you can get with 2, 4, 7, 8, and 9, given less than a minute?

Constraints

digits contains exactly 5 elements
Each element is a distinct integer from 1 through 9
Every digit must be used exactly once
The first number has exactly 3 digits and the second has exactly 2 digits

Function Signature

def maximize_product(digits):

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