The largest 4-digit number, using any one digit twice, from digits 5, 9, 2 and 6 is

The largest 4-digit number is obtained by writing the digits in reverse order (i.e. descending order)


But, here 1 digit can be used twice, hence using the maximum digit (here, 9 twice) and other digits in descending order,


The answer is: 9965

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