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2014 Fermat Problem 19

Max and Minnie each add up sets of three-digit positive integers. Each of them adds three different three-digit integers whose nine digits are all different. Max creates the largest possible sum. Minnie creates the smallest possible sum. The difference between Max's sum and Minnie's sum is

\textbf{(A)}\ 594\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 1782\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 1845\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 1521\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 2592

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