Sum of Odd Digits equal to Sum of Even Digits

Puzzle

Place the $9$ digits,

so that the sum of the odd digits may be equal to the sum of the even digits.

Solution

$2 + 4 + 6 + .8 = 12.8 = 1 + 3 + 7 + \dfrac 9 5$

Sources

• 1821: John Jackson: Rational Amusement for Winter Evenings
• 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Rational Amusements for Winter Evenings: $148$