Each of the 8 letters below corrosponds to a different digit 1 through 9 and the remaining number is one less than w. Given the following four statements, what digit does each letter represent?
- c^i * i^c = k*(k-1);
- w^n * n^w = c*(c-1);
- o = e^2 - c^2;
- r^i = e^c;
[note: ^ means exponentitation]
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n i c e w o r k
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Reasoning:
There are only two potential solutions to the first two equations
(1,6,3) and (2,3,9)
Since the 3 is common between them, c=3 and therefore i=2, k=9. Since the missing number is 1 less than w, of the two remaining values, w=6 and n=1. That makes the missing value the five and thus the only remaining single digit difference in squares (eqn 3) is 7 so o=7 and e=4. The only remaining value makes r=8, which does satisfy equation 4.
Edited on September 22, 2005, 12:14 pm
Edited on September 22, 2005, 12:17 pm
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