In this subtraction, the boxes contain the digits 3, 4, 6, and 9 in some order and the circles contain the digits 4, 5, 8, and 9 in some order. What four-digit number is represented by the boxes? NOTE: The boxes are the top number and the circles are the bottom number. The answer to the subtraction problem is 3497.

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To find the four-digit number represented by the boxes, we first need to determine the values of each digit in both the boxes and circles.

Looking at the answer to the subtraction problem, which is 3497, we can understand the values of the digits in the circles.

The digit in the ones place is 7, so the digit in the circles must be 9 (since there is no other 9 in the boxes).

The digit in the tens place is 9, so the digit in the circles must be either 3 or 6 (since these are the only remaining digits in the boxes). However, since the digit in the ones place of the subtraction answer is 7, which is larger than both 3 and 6, we can conclude that the digit in the tens place of the circles is 6.

Now we move on to the hundreds place in the subtraction answer, which is 4. We have the digits 4 and 9 remaining in the boxes, and since 4 < 9, we know that the digit in the hundreds place of the circles is 9.

Lastly, the digit in the thousands place is 3, and we are left with only one digit in the boxes, which is 4. Thus, the digit in the thousands place of the circles must be 4.

By combining the values of the digits in the circles, we find that the four-digit number represented by the boxes is 4963.

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