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Logic Level 4

F O R T Y + T E N + T E N = S I X T Y F O R T Y + T E N + T E N = S I X T Y

Each letter represents a distinct digit. Write your solution as F O R T Y T E N T E N S I X T Y FORTYTENTENSIXTY (i.e., if you got 12345 + 678 + 678 = 91011 12345 + 678 + 678 = 91011 , you would write 1234567867891011 1234567867891011 ).


The answer is 2978685085031486.

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We know that two times of E N EN is a multiple of 100, implying E N EN is 50. We know that if the carry over from R + T + T R+T+T is 1, then O O is 9 and I I is 0, resulting in a repeat. Thus the carry over from R + T + T R+T+T is 2, O O is 9 and I I is 1. At the same time, we know T T must be sufficiently large for R + T + T R+T+T to exceed 20. As 9 is taken, try 8. Also, try 7 for R R . We get X X is 4. We find that it works and we have 2 consecutive numbers 2 and 3 for F F and S S respectively. It follows that Y Y is 6.

Denton Young
Jun 24, 2017

Clearly EN = 50. R + 2T is at least 19. The rest is simple cut and try.

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