Programming
Write a Static Method Named LargerDigits That Accepts Two

question 2

Essay

Programming
Write a static method named largerDigits that accepts two integer parameters a and b and returns a new integer c where each digit of c gets its value from the larger of a's and b's digit in the same place. That is, the ones digit of c is the larger of the ones digit of a and the ones digit of b, and the tens digit of c is the larger of the tens digit of a and the tens digit of b, and so on. You may assume that a and b are positive integers (greater than 0).
For example, suppose a is 603452384 and b is 921782. Their digits would be combined as follows to produce c:
a 603452380
b 920784
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c 952784 (return value)
Notice that if a particular digit place is absent from one number or the other, such as the 603 at the start of a above, no digit is carried over to c. The following table lists some more calls to your method and their expected return values:
$\begin{array}{l|l}\text { Call } & \text { Value Returned } \\\hline \text { largerDigits }(172, \quad 312) & 372 \\\hline \text { largerDigits }(21,3) & 3 \\\hline \text { largerDigits } 90,38906735) & 95 \\\hline \text { largerDigits }(56002, \quad 123321) & 56322 \\\hline \text { largerDigits }(11223, \quad 4466) & 4466 \\\hline \text { largerDigits }(12345, \quad 12345) & 12345 \\\hline \text { largerDigits }(1,34892) & 2\end{array}$ Hint: If you are building a result number, you may need to use Math.pow or accumulate a multiplier with each digit.
You may not use a String to solve this problem.

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Indifference Curve

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