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“Unique and restricted” ? ,b (pid=13696)
There I have asked for a restricted answer to an alphametic puzzle and got a set of many words.
Now I have fiddled with a similar equation and again will allow only answers not using any of the letters appearing in “TWELVE”.
TWELVE + TWELVE = (Oompha, grubby, payoff, droppy ….et al)
Your task is to find an answer to my puzzle such that adding the numerical values of all 6 letters in the word chosen by you (a long list of candidate solutions) will be closest to 24.
Start your chase.
Good luck!
Choose any point (k,k^2) with k>0 on the parabola y=x^2. Draw the normal line to the parabola at that point. Then there is a closed region defined by the parabola and the line. Find the value of k so the area of the region is minimized.
Note: A normal line is a line perpendicular to a tangent at the point of tangency.
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