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K Sengupta
Feb4-09, 11:19 AM
Substitute each of the letters by a different decimal digit from 1 to 9 to satisfy this cryptarithmetic equation:
A/(BC) + D/(EF) + G/(HI) = 1
where, each of BC, EF and HI represents a two digit positive integer.
This is my answer! [edit and its wrong]
8/16 + 9/27 + 5/30 damn just realised you cant have "0"
after 15 mins i cannot find a solution, and am starting to believe there isnt one!!
davee123
Feb5-09, 01:01 AM
after 15 mins i cannot find a solution, and am starting to believe there isnt one!!
It's possible, but it ain't pretty. As in, 2 of the fractions you'll need aren't reducible to common things like 1/3 or 1/8, etc. The other fraction's pretty normal.
DaveE
lewdtenant
Feb5-09, 02:40 AM
oh man... i was pretty close to getting this right... i was on the right track at least.. but then i got pissed and looked it up instead.. good problem!
I got this one:
5/34 + 7/68 + 9/12
:smile:
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