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Can you arrange five different digits (from 0 to 9) in the cross so that

  1. the total of the four outside numbers is equal to the middle number, and
  2. the top two numbers multiplied together are also equal to the middle number, and
  3. the sum of the three numbers forming a diagonal is equal to the other three numbers forming the other diagonal.

Diagonal cross consisting of 5 squares.