They say you cannot add apples and oranges. However, when you subtract one fruit from another you get an interesting result, as shown in the puzzle below. Each letter represents a different digit from 0 to 8. The digit 9 does not appear anywhere. Can you break the code?
(Source: Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Jan-Mar 1995)
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