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His Major Sight (Posted on 2024-09-27) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Solve this alphametic:
MAJOR =3*SIGHT
HIS is a perfect square.

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Solution Some analysis then computer Comment 1 of 1
S can only be 1,4,9,6,5 since it is the last digit of a square and not a leading zero.  But it is further restricted as being <4 since multiplying by 3 does not result in a carry.
Thus S=1
M is in {3,4,5} since 3*1xxxx = Mxxxx
The only 3 digit squares that end in 1 are: 121, 361, 441, 841, 961
but we can eliminate 121 and 441 since HIS has no repeat digits.
H is in {3,4,8,9}
I is in {4,6}
M is in {3,4,5}

At this point, I went with a program:
program output:
 MAJOR SIGHT 
 50382 16794

 HIS √HIS 
 961 31.0

  Posted by Larry on 2024-09-27 14:51:59
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