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7+8=12 ?? (Posted on 2016-11-30) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Although the alphametic SEVEN+EIGHT=TWELVE conveys a false message, it has several (how many?) valid solutions.

Find the one with the largest W.

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON    
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Solution computer solution (spoiler) | Comment 1 of 3
SEVEN EIGHT TWELVE
36465 69781 106246
38487 89561 128048
58287 80641 138928
63732 39841 103573
69298 90431 159729
85254 50671 135925

The largest W in the 6 solutions is 5, in

69298+90431=159729

DefDbl A-Z
Dim crlf$, used(9)


Private Sub Form_Load()
 Form1.Visible = True
 
 
 Text1.Text = ""
 crlf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)
 
 For s = 1 To 9
   If used(s) = 0 Then
     used(s) = 1
 For e = 1 To 9
   If used(e) = 0 Then
     used(e) = 1
 For t = 1 To 9
   If used(t) = 0 Then
     used(t) = 1
 For v = 0 To 9
   If used(v) = 0 Then
     used(v) = 1
 For n = 0 To 9
   If used(n) = 0 Then
     used(n) = 1
     seven = 10000 * s + 1010 * e + 100 * v + n
 For i = 0 To 9
   If used(i) = 0 Then
     used(i) = 1
 For w = 0 To 9
   If used(w) = 0 Then
     used(w) = 1
 For l = 0 To 9
   If used(l) = 0 Then
     used(l) = 1
     twelve = 100000 * t + 10000 * w + 1001 * e + 100 * l + 10 * v
 For g = 0 To 9
   If used(g) = 0 Then
     used(g) = 1
 For h = 0 To 9
   DoEvents
   If used(h) = 0 Then
     used(h) = 1
     eight = 10000 * e + 1000 * i + 100 * g + 10 * h + t
     If seven + eight = twelve Then
       Text1.Text = Text1.Text & seven & Str(eight) & Str(twelve) & crlf
     End If
     used(h) = 0
   End If
 Next
     used(g) = 0
   End If
 Next
     used(l) = 0
   End If
 Next
     used(w) = 0
   End If
 Next
     used(i) = 0
   End If
 Next
     used(n) = 0
   End If
 Next
     used(v) = 0
   End If
 Next
     used(t) = 0
   End If
 Next
     used(e) = 0
   End If
 Next
     used(s) = 0
   End If
 Next
 
 Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf & " done"
  
End Sub


  Posted by Charlie on 2016-11-30 10:29:30
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