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Skill or food? (Posted on 2016-12-28) Difficulty: 4 of 5
In one of the 3rd world countries two natives C. and K. encountered a visiting philanthropist who proposed the following offer:
What would you prefer to own: a coconut plantation or a patented technology (a.k.a. knowhow) to produce canned food from all such plantations in your country?
Assume that money-wise both offers are equal.

C. replied - coconut and K. choose the knowhow.
The philantropist then gave both of them two hours to solve the following alphametics :
i: WHATDO+YOUWANT=COCONUTS
ii: WHATDO+YOUWANT=KNOWHOW

You are hired by the natives to help one of them or both(your choice), your dollar fee being 1.6% of the higher summand, 11% of the lower or both, (provided you submit correct solution(s)before the time expires).

Your time limit is 100 minutes - define your strategy (which alphametic to solve first, software or not etc.) and post both the solution and the amount of time spent, ....starting NOW

Watch out - red herring...

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  Subject Author Date
Some Thoughtsre(3): Crazy for coconuts extra hintCharlie2016-12-29 10:39:38
Some Thoughtsre(2): Crazy for coconuts extra hintSteve Herman2016-12-28 19:02:23
Hints/Tipsre: Crazy for coconuts extra hintAdy TZIDON2016-12-28 16:36:58
Crazy for coconutsSteve Herman2016-12-28 13:51:40
Solutionsoftware solutionCharlie2016-12-28 11:29:28
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