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Solitary Solution Settlement (Posted on 2011-03-02)

(I) In this alphametic, each capital letter represents a different base eleven digit from 0 to A, where none of the numbers can contain any leading zero.

STORY = FROM + STAR

Determine the value of Y for which the above equation has precisely one solution.

(II) In this alphametic, each capital letter represents a different base ten digit from 0 to 9, where none of the numbers can contain any leading zero.

WE + TO + WEE + WORD = THINK

Determine the value of D for which the above equation has precisely one solution.

Submitted by K Sengupta

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(i) 10763= A678 +10963
So that, Y=3. The other values are:
A=9 F=10(A) M=8 O=7 R=6 S=1 T=0.
(ii) 96 +13 + 966+9382 = 10457
With: D=2 E=6 H=0 I=4 K=7 N=5 O=3 R=8 T=1 W=9.
Hence, the required value of D is 2.

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Subject	Author	Date
details SPOILER	Ady TZIDON	2011-03-03 05:00:57
re(2): No Subject	Ady TZIDON	2011-03-02 15:46:22
re: No Subject	Charlie	2011-03-02 15:33:12
No Subject	Ady TZIDON	2011-03-02 15:22:21

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