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Old Jan 11, 2020 | 7:15 am
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Originally Posted by VegasGambler
They can...

But they don't

If you transpose two digits with a difference of 7, the remainder mod 7 doesn't change.
That's EXACTLY why I wrote "check digits can," not "the check digit algorithm used on airline tickets does."
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