Seventy for Rama
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Blast! How do I go about solving these puzzles??? Nish p.s. I am unable to connect to sonork :(
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
Nish - Native CPian wrote: Blast! How do I go about solving these puzzles??? When I was in my college this was one of the assignments which I got. I had to write a computer program in Prolog to solve this problem. Sweet Memories:)
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THREE+SEVEN+FIFTEEN+FIFTEEN+THIRTY=SEVENTY Get the values of the letters :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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All the letters could be equal to zero! :) But I'm guessing that's not what you are looking for? Ali
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THREE+SEVEN+FIFTEEN+FIFTEEN+THIRTY=SEVENTY Get the values of the letters :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
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50922
42326
1815226
1815226
5089574232657
I'm totally surprised that there isn't another solution given the number of possible mappings (3628800 if my calcs are correct). PS. I cheated again. Warning: don't try to solve this brute-force using Python unless you have a lot of time on your hands... J "I am wise enough to therefore not spout my ill informed opinion as if it were remotely related to fact." - Christian Graus
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50922
42326
1815226
1815226
5089574232657
I'm totally surprised that there isn't another solution given the number of possible mappings (3628800 if my calcs are correct). PS. I cheated again. Warning: don't try to solve this brute-force using Python unless you have a lot of time on your hands... J "I am wise enough to therefore not spout my ill informed opinion as if it were remotely related to fact." - Christian Graus
Well done Jamie, Even if you did cheat. :-) Solving by hand is quite complex. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
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Well done Jamie, Even if you did cheat. :-) Solving by hand is quite complex. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
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I was sorta wondering how you would solve it by hand... I started building a rather ugly matrix for solving the vertical additions. That's the only way other that guessing that I could come up with to solve it. J "I am wise enough to therefore not spout my ill informed opinion as if it were remotely related to fact." - Christian Graus
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50922
42326
1815226
1815226
5089574232657
I'm totally surprised that there isn't another solution given the number of possible mappings (3628800 if my calcs are correct). PS. I cheated again. Warning: don't try to solve this brute-force using Python unless you have a lot of time on your hands... J "I am wise enough to therefore not spout my ill informed opinion as if it were remotely related to fact." - Christian Graus
You did it before I even started trying it:( You should not have posted the answer. :(
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You did it before I even started trying it:( You should not have posted the answer. :(
Uhh... I didn't look for posted answers until I had solved it. Try that next time. :) J "I am wise enough to therefore not spout my ill informed opinion as if it were remotely related to fact." - Christian Graus
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I was sorta wondering how you would solve it by hand... I started building a rather ugly matrix for solving the vertical additions. That's the only way other that guessing that I could come up with to solve it. J "I am wise enough to therefore not spout my ill informed opinion as if it were remotely related to fact." - Christian Graus
I believe there are prescribed methodologies for solving this sort of problem. But I have never used them, it might sound rude, but after a while of doing this sort of problem they become quite easy, and you learn the patterns to look for. Sometimes I use a grid system and a set of pseudo-algebraic expressions. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
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Well done Jamie, Even if you did cheat. :-) Solving by hand is quite complex. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
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I was told once by my high school maths teacher that she considered providing the source code to a program that solves a problem to be equally valid as showing the working if you did it by hand. Afterall, for problems in the "real" world, it just that you've got an answer, and can show how you got it that matters. -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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I was told once by my high school maths teacher that she considered providing the source code to a program that solves a problem to be equally valid as showing the working if you did it by hand. Afterall, for problems in the "real" world, it just that you've got an answer, and can show how you got it that matters. -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
I think your Math teacher is right that showing the solution is appropriate, because it show s the students grasp of the topic, But in the real world the answer is important. This particular problem would take me many pages to document clearly using true math, so I'm not going to bother attempting it. But if you are interested, in still trying it I suggest you approach the first column on the right first and discover the possible values for 'N' and 'E' then move to the second column and discover if you can eliminate the values for them. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
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