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Delete one '5' from a digit string to get the largest number
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You get a string of decimal digits that contains at least one '5'. Remove exactly one of the '5' characters so that the number left is as large as possible, and return that string. Explain why a greedy choice of which '5' to drop is correct, and give the running time.
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