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Ask and solve cubes (Posted on 2020-08-17)

If
i. ASK=(A+S+K)³
&
ii. SOLVE=(S+O+L+V+E)³

Show that:
i. has one integer solution
and
ii. has several, but only one with 5 distinct digits.

List all of them.

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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re(2): computer solution Comment 5 of 5 |

(In reply to re: computer solution by Dej Mar)
Actually zero had not occurred to me. I wasn't actually considering leading zeros, just considering numbers such as ME = (M+E)^3 or HOME = (H+O+M+E)^3.

But of course you're right: 0 is just as good a solution for I = (I)^3 as 1.

Posted by Charlie on 2020-08-25 11:31:12

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