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Japanese Numbering (Posted on 2003-09-21)

Find the number n such that the following alphanumeric equation:

   KYOTO
   KYOTO
 + KYOTO
   TOKYO

has a solution in the base-n number system.

(Each letter in the equation denotes a digit in this system, and different letters denote different digits)

See The Solution Submitted by DJ

Rating: 4.0769 (13 votes)

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re(2): solution

| Comment 10 of 22 |

(In reply to re: solution by Tristan)

no, O just always turned out to be 0.
The program I worked just went through every possible value for O,T,K and Y for every value of n up to 20, and only n=9 gave values that worked.

Posted by Christian Perfect on 2003-09-22 12:31:03

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