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1995 AHSME Problem 13

The addition below is incorrect. The display can be made correct by changing one digit d, wherever it occurs, to another digit e. Find the sum of d and e.

\begin{array}{ccccccc} & 7 & 4 & 2 & 5 & 8 & 6 \\ + & 8 & 2 & 9 & 4 & 3 & 0 \\ 1 & 2 & 1 & 2 & 0 & 1 & 6 \end{array}

\mathrm{(A) \ 4 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 6 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 8 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 10 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ \text{more than 10} }


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