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Fours and Fives Crossed Fortune Formulation (Posted on 2023-02-03) Difficulty: 3 of 5
In this puzzle, letters have been consistently replaced by digits, where:
• The same letter is substituted by the same digit.
• Different letters are substituted by different digits.
• No number can contain any leading zero.

It is known that each of the numbers FOUR and FIVE is a perfect square.

Furthermore, it is known that the each of the numerical answers to the undernoted queries is constituted entirely by the digits 4 and 5.

• (a) How many squares are strictly between FOUR and FIVE?
• (b) What is one-tenth of TEN - FIVE + FOUR?
• (c) What is the lowest positive integer that must be added to TEN to make it a perfect square?

Determine the value of FORTUNE.

Source: Adapted from Enigma #674 that appeared on "New Scientist" in 1992.

  Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
FOUR = 1024
FIVE = 1369
TEN = 895
• (a)  4
• (b) 55
• (c)  5
Finally, FORTUNE = 1048259
Larry has solved this puzzle with a combination of computer program assisted technique and analytical methodology in this location..

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  Subject Author Date
No SubjectK Sengupta2023-02-15 09:47:01
No Subjectlaura lorde2023-02-15 01:40:40
Solutioncomputer then interpretationCharlie2023-02-03 11:15:57
SolutionSolutionLarry2023-02-03 10:46:35
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