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Posted 31 March 2007 - 05:12 PM

No. 16 - Back to the Cryptograms and Algebra Puzzles
Replace the same characters by the same numerals so that the mathematical operations are correct.
ABCDEF*3 = BCDEFA



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285714*3 = 857142 or 142857*3 = 428571

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Posted 13 January 2008 - 08:25 PM

ABCDEF*3 = BCDEFA

You could also say ABCDEF^3

This is the same thing as A*B*C*D*E*F*F*F

Let A = F^2, since F*F = F^2

So... B*C*D*E*F*(F*F) = B*C*D*E*F*A
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