Write the smallest -digit number that can be formed if only one digit is allowed to appear twice.
Step 1: Write the first smallest digits(one less than the required no. of digits in the number) in ascending order.
The first five smallest digits in ascending order--
Step 2: To form the smallest -digit number using only one digit twice.
To form the smallest -digit number using only one digit twice, we have to write the number using the -digits in above order and repeating the smallest digit, i.e., twice.
Since, we cannot place at the extreme left(or the highest place), substitute it with the digit on its immediate right . So, the smallest -digit number is
Hence, the smallest -digit number that can be formed if only one digit is allowed to appear twice is