The last problem of the week for this school
year is in honor of the wedding of my daughter
Sarah and her fiance Eric in July.
Transpose the letters to digits in the following
addition problem. Each letter represents a
different digit:
B R I D E
+ G R O O M
------------
B L I S S
Solution to the Problem:
In the ten-thousands column, where B + G = B,
it follows that G = 0 (zero) and there
can be nothing carried over from the previous column.
In the thousands column, where R + R = L,
it means that R = 1, 2, 3, or 4.
In the hundreds column, where I + O = I,
the letter O can not be equal to 0 (zero) since it
has already been assigned to G.
Therefore, something
must be carried over from the tens column, and the
only way that that may occur is if O = 9.
There are at least five possible answers:
Answer #1: 62183
+ 02994
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65177
Answer #2: 62184
+ 02993
-------
65177
Answer #3: 23864
+ 03991
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27855
Answer #4: 42386
+ 02991
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45377
Answer #5: 83261
+ 03994
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87255