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Old Feb20-09, 09:35 AM                  #1
K Sengupta

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Dwelling upon the triangular numbers

Each of Hank, Jim and Larry chose a different five-digit triangular number whose digits had the pattern DWELL, where each different letter represents a different base-10 digit. Jim's triangular number had no digit in common with either Hank's or Larry's.

Determine the numbers chosen by each of the three individuals.

Note: None of the numbers can contain any leading zero.
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Old Feb20-09, 04:04 PM                  #2
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Re: Dwelling upon the triangular numbers

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There are two solutions
Jim = 27966
Hank = 15400
Larry = 58311

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Jim = 27966
Hank = 58311
Larry = 15400

I used brute force to solve this.
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Old Feb20-09, 05:00 PM                  #3
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Re: Dwelling upon the triangular numbers

jimmy, you've been brutal today.
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