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Answer to the Problem of the Week for the week of March 20, 2006 |
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| A Tribute to Bob Marley |
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| by Raymond Young in Games Magazine (August 2000) |
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In the multiplication problem below, each digit has been replaced by a letter. Can you determine the value of each letter?
B O B
x B O B
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M E O Y
M I L O
M E O Y
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M A R L E Y
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Solution to the Problem: |
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3 5 3
x 3 5 3
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1 0 5 9
1 7 6 5
1 0 5 9
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1 2 4 6 0 9
A = 2
B = 3
E = 0
I = 7
L = 6
M = 1
O = 5
R = 4
Y = 9
The number 8 was not used.
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