Problema Solution

the underlined 5 in 35 425 016 is _____ times greater than the other 5.

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The problem statement is ambiguous and missing some information... "the underlined 5" indicates that one of the specific numbers is underlined but that will not be displayed, all information should be provided simply as text.  So "35 425 016" either indicates the very big number 35,425,016 or three individual numbers 35 and 425 and 016, but what would "016" have to do with anything? 

I'm going to guess that this problem involves a very big number and the question is asking the '5' values to be divided based on their position within the number.  So the first '5' is '5000000' and the second '5' is '5000'. 

If the first position is the underlined 5, then:

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0.001

otherwise, if the second position is the underlined 5, then:

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1000

So either one '5' is 0.001 times greater than the other '5' or the larger '5' is 1000 times greater than the smaller '5'.