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The article is devoted to a little-studied problem of constructing stable difference schemes for mixed type equations. The mixed type equation \[ Lu \equiv k(x,t)u_{tt} + \sum\limits_{i=1}^nu_{x_ix_i} + a(x,t)u_t + c(x)u = f(x,t) \tag{1} \] is considered over the cylinder \(G = \Omega \times [0,T],\) where \(\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n\) is a bounded domain with smooth boundary. The function \(k(x,t)\) may change its sign in an arbitrary way. It is known how to pose a correct boundary value problem for (1) in \(G,\) and the author presents an example of such a problem. Next, the author constructs a difference scheme approximating the boundary value problem presented and proves its stability. On this basis, weak convergence is proven of the corresponding difference functions to the smooth solution of the input problem in the Sobolev space \(W_2^1(G).\)