Question

Write the smallest possible decimal between zero and one that uses the digits 5, 0, 8, 1, 7, and 2 exactly once. (A leading zero should not be used

Answer 1

There is a heuristic for this problem.

Answer 2

The solution is a greedy algorithm:
You want your lowest digits to be furthest left, and the highest digit to be furthest right.
I.E. you wanna sort the digits.

Answer 3

Bingo!! the answer is .012578 For some reason in not leading with the zero that did not mean after the decimal point it meant before