ROLAND + GARROS = AGASSI
In a cryptarithm above, what is the value of AGASSI? Each letter corresponds to a different digit!
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Analyse column by column, starting from the left. Since the sum is also a 6-digit number, A must be greater than R and G . In the second column, A is above G , so 1 0 from here is transferred to the first column, hence the equation A = G + R + 1 . In the third column, A is below L and R , so it must be A = L + R or A = L + R + 1 . But A is already equal to G + R + 1 and L and G can not be equal, so A = L + R and (no transfer from the 3rd to the 2nd column) O + A = 1 0 + G . From these equations we can get O + R = 9 . Now things get a little complicated, and an attempt to obtain a 9 × 9 system of equations can be done by separation on different cases, when 1 0 is transferred from a column to the one on the left or isn't. But, we know that A cannot be 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 and 9 because 3 = G + R + 1 implies G = R , A = 9 implies 9 = L + R = O + R , so O and L would be equal, and so on. We restricted A to be 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 or 8 , and by inserting these numbers for A we can determine values of the remaining letters by trial and error; plugging A = 4 into summation yields G = 2 , R = 1 and so on ( 1 8 4 4 7 9 + 2 4 1 1 8 6 = 4 2 4 6 6 5 ), and, luckily enough, it is the solution (there is only one). There are many solutions that are "almost" correct and only one truly correct.
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Just by brute force a little python script gave two solutions 2 7 1 3 8 9 + 3 2 2 7 6 = 3 0 3 6 6 5 1 8 3 4 7 9 + 2 4 1 1 8 6 = 4 2 4 6 6 5 of which the first would have a leading 0 in GARROS, which is ugly enough to opt for the second solution.
Here's the script (q&d):