Answer to November 22, 1999 Problem

Setting The Table Problem

After James had set the table for four people -- his parents, his brother Will, and himself -- they immediately sat down to eat. Your mission is to state the exact time that they started dinner (the value of ATE).

Each letter must represent the same digit, and no beginning letter of a word can be zero. 

           SET
           SET
           SET
         + SET     
         -----
           ATE


Solution:

James' family ATE at 7:28. 

               182
               182
               182
            +  182
            ------
               728

Correctly solved by:

1. Court Pifer Winchester, VA
2. Radcliff Menge Winchester, VA
3. Jonathan Pence Winchester, VA
4. Michael Webber Winchester, VA
5. Si Schiavone Winchester, VA
6. Sam Stiebel Winchester, VA
7. Laura Webb Winchester, VA
8. Jia Ran Rome, Italy
9. Tom Marino Winchester, VA
10. Chip Crawford Winchester, VA