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[TimeSpaceLightForce]

What is the product for  unanswered = ?
If letters are factors of equations
zero = 0
one = 1
two = 2
three = 3
four = 4
five = 5
six = 6
seven = 7
eight = 8
nine = 9
ten = 10
twelve = 12
fifteen = 15
twenty = 20
thirty = 30
forty = 40
sixty = 60
hundred = 100
thousand = 1000
million = 1000000
billion = 1000000000







note: i got the idea for this puzzle post from X-MAS TREE thread that was unanswered  by dtdt..thanks
       
happy holidays!

[CaptainEd]

Spoiler for I was doing fine with integer values for letters multiplied together through seven

0 = z
1 = o,n,e,t,r,f,i,s
2 = w
3 = h
4 = u
5 = v
6 = x
7 = v
but I died on eight and beyond.

TSLF, is it true that fractional values are permitted?

Also, did you ever see the numbers that dtdt wanted an explanation for? I didn't. I'm impressed that you were inspired by it.

Edited by CaptainEd, 20 December 2012 - 05:40 PM.

[witzar]

TSLF, is it true that fractional values are permitted?

Haven't you just proved, that there is no integer solution?

[CaptainEd]

Haven't you just proved, that there is no integer solution?

Witzar, from my myopic view, it does look like I have done so. But I've found that the Denizens are far more imaginative in their puzzle-making than I am, and I can easily imagine that TSLF has envisioned something more complex than "z" * "e" * "r" * "o" = 0, etc. I just can't imagine what it would be...

Thanks for your support!

[kevink2]

Spoiler for Captain Ed

 

I didn't have time to figure it out all the way, but the answers are not integer,  (Also u has to be one)

 

 

sixty/six = ty = 10   ->    ty=10

forty/four = 10 = ty/u

u-> 1

 

twenty/ten = 2 = twy,  2 = two   -> o=y

 

I had several other letter combinations that equal each other  and a few that resolved to actual numbers.

 

Hope that helps some.

 

[CaptainEd]

Spoiler for Captain Ed

 

I didn't have time to figure it out all the way, but the answers are not integer,  (Also u has to be one)

 

 

sixty/six = ty = 10   ->    ty=10

forty/four = 10 = ty/u

u-> 1

 

twenty/ten = 2 = twy,  2 = two   -> o=y

 

I had several other letter combinations that equal each other  and a few that resolved to actual numbers.

 

Hope that helps some.

 

It sure does, KevinK! Nice work, except...this implies

en=1 (from twenty=20, tw=2, ty=10)

o=1 (from one=1)

ni=9 (from nine=9)

t=10 (from ten=10)

w=1/5

y=1

Edited by CaptainEd, 20 December 2012 - 06:36 PM.

[kevink2]

Spoiler for

I miss the part where tw=2   (two=2, but I don't think we ever proved o=1)

 

Never mind, I figured that part out.

twenty/two = 10 = enty/o

10* (en/o) = 10

en/o=1  en=o

 

one=1 and o = ne,  each would have to be the square root of 1.

 

Edited by kevink2, 20 December 2012 - 06:51 PM.

[CaptainEd]

Spoiler for What I have so far, thanks to KevinK2

z=0
y=1
w=1/5
t=10
ni=9
o=1
en=1
u=1
sev=7
fr=4
five=5
six=6
eigh=4/5
elve=6
fife=3/2
hir=3/10
hdrd=100
hsand=100
h*sand=100
mill=1000000/9
b=1000m
three=3
hree=3/10
ir=ree

 

unanswered=
nansered=
ansred=
h*sand*re/h=
100*re/h

Edited by CaptainEd, 20 December 2012 - 06:57 PM.

[k-man]

Spoiler for continued teamwork...

building on the kevin's and captain's work...

 

from ni=9 and ir=ree -> nee=9
from nee=9 and ne=1 -> e=9, n=1/9, i=81

plugging known values into fifteen we get

f=sqrt(1/486)=1/(9*sqrt(6))

r=36*sqrt(6) from four

h= 1/(9720*sqrt(6))

 

 

correction: I think Captain missed a "w" when simplifying unanswered

unanswered = 100*wre/h = 100*9*36*6*9720/5 = 377,913,600

 

 

Edit: added "w" back

Edited by k-man, 20 December 2012 - 08:54 PM.

[CaptainEd]

Good job k-man! I sure did accidentally lose the "w".

 

And, TSLF, that puzzle is a TDF (tour de force)!