Consider a number ABCD,
Where:
A+B+C+D = AD
B+C = D
AD x DA = ABCD
What is the numerical representation of ABCD?
Details and assumptions: Each letter represents one digit. AD and ABCD do not indicate multiplication. ABCD is positive.
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A + B + C + D = A D means that A + B + C + D = 1 0 A + D and so B + C = 9 A
By replacing B + C = D we have D = 9 A and because D is a single digit then D ≤ 9 and so A ≤ 1
And because A is a single digit it's either 0 or 1 but 0 is impossible because if so A B C D wouldn't have sense.
So A = 1 and D = 9
A D ∗ D A = A B C D becomes 1 9 ∗ 9 1 = 1 0 0 0 + 1 0 0 B + 1 0 C + 9 wich becomes: 1 0 B + C = 7 2
And so we have a set of two equations for B and C :
B + C = 9
1 0 B + C = 7 2
By resolving it: B = 7 and C = 2
And the solution is 1 7 2 9