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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.


The answer is 1729.

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1 solution

Amine Souiki
Jul 31, 2014

A + B + C + D = A D A+B+C+D = AD means that A + B + C + D = 10 A + D A+B+C+D=10A+D and so B + C = 9 A B+C=9A

By replacing B + C = D B+C=D we have D = 9 A D=9A and because D D is a single digit then D 9 D\leq 9 and so A 1 A \leq 1

And because A A is a single digit it's either 0 0 or 1 1 but 0 0 is impossible because if so A B C D ABCD wouldn't have sense.

So A = 1 A=1 and D = 9 D=9

A D D A = A B C D AD * DA = ABCD becomes 19 91 = 1000 + 100 B + 10 C + 9 19 * 91 = 1000 + 100B + 10C + 9 wich becomes: 10 B + C = 72 10B+C=72

And so we have a set of two equations for B B and C C :

B + C = 9 B+C=9

10 B + C = 72 10B+C=72

By resolving it: B = 7 B=7 and C = 2 C=2

And the solution is 1729 1729

Nice solution.

Seth Lovelace - 6 years, 10 months ago

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