The 1st hat:

FEZ*FEZ=TURKEY

Distinct letters represent distinct positive digits.
Please solve the above alphametic and and decode the following remark:

78339 & C2039, B85 5286 !

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The 2nd hat:

MOREOVER=YARMULKE+YARMULKE

Distinct letters represent distinct digits.
Please solve the above alphametic, then find the value of x in the following expression:

053441 9501 x664 !

1st hat: I just brute-forced this in Excel.  There were three possible solutions for the alphametic but only one translated into an English remark: "FUZZY & CRAZY, BUT TRUE !"

2nd hat: It was easy to deduce what digits E, R, M, K and Y represent.  From then it was pretty easy to substitute into the expression and figure out what the rest of the digits must be.  I end up with "REALLY VERY xOOL !" so I assume x = C.

 

 

Posted by tomarken on 2014-05-20 11:54:49