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Traveller's Woe (Posted on 2013-11-05) Difficulty: 3 of 5
An unknown route with a MAP invites an INROAD from many an IMP.

Now MAP * IMP = INROAD if the following conditions are met:
1. The two multipliers are semiprimes.
2. Each of the 4-digit partial products are a pair of consecutive integers with a difference equal to their multiplying digit.

Determine the 4 primes which form the original multipliers.

Bonus Challenge:
The alphametic does have two solutions but the second does not meet the given criteria. Identify why.

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Puzzle Answer Comment 2 of 2 |
1) 857*187=160259
2) 807*287=231609 
Only the 2nd case qualifies, since:
 Both 807 and 287 are semiprimes, as: 807 = 3*269, and: 287 = 41 *7



  Posted by K Sengupta on 2023-10-09 07:42:38
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