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Sum and Difference II (Posted on 2017-05-05) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Solve:
w1+w2=w3
w1-w2=w4

knowing that each of the words
w1, w2, w3 & w4
is a distinct member of the set:
(ALUM,ATOM,MORE,OVER).

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Solution computer solution Comment 1 of 1
over  alum  more  atom  
6578  3109  9687  3469 
The sum is more and the difference is atom.


from

DefDbl A-Z
Dim crlf$, wd$(4), n(4)


Private Sub Form_Load()
 Form1.Visible = True
 
 
 Text1.Text = ""
 crlf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)
 
 wd(1) = "alum"
 wd(2) = "atom"
 wd(3) = "more"
 wd(4) = "over"
 
 
 s$ = "0123456789": h$ = s ' alumtover
 Do
   alum = Val(Mid(s, 1, 4))
   atom = Val(Left(s, 1) + Mid(s, 5, 2) + Mid(s, 4, 1))
   more = Val(Mid(s, 4, 1) + Mid(s, 6, 1) + Mid(s, 9, 1) + Mid(s, 8, 1))
   over = Mid(s, 6, 4)
   ord$ = "1234": h2$ = ord
   n(1) = alum
   n(2) = atom
   n(3) = more
   n(4) = over
   Do
     w1 = n(Val(Mid(ord, 1, 1)))
     w2 = n(Val(Mid(ord, 2, 1)))
     w3 = n(Val(Mid(ord, 3, 1)))
     w4 = n(Val(Mid(ord, 4, 1)))
     If w1 + w2 = w3 And w1 - w2 = w4 Then
       Text1.Text = Text1.Text & wd(Val(Mid(ord, 1, 1))) & "  "
       Text1.Text = Text1.Text & wd(Val(Mid(ord, 2, 1))) & "  "
       Text1.Text = Text1.Text & wd(Val(Mid(ord, 3, 1))) & "  "
       Text1.Text = Text1.Text & wd(Val(Mid(ord, 4, 1))) & "  " & crlf
       Text1.Text = Text1.Text & n(Val(Mid(ord, 1, 1))) & "  "
       Text1.Text = Text1.Text & n(Val(Mid(ord, 2, 1))) & "  "
       Text1.Text = Text1.Text & n(Val(Mid(ord, 3, 1))) & "  "
       Text1.Text = Text1.Text & n(Val(Mid(ord, 4, 1))) & "  " & crlf & crlf
     End If
     DoEvents
     permute ord
   Loop Until ord = h2
   
   permute s
 Loop Until s = h
 
 
 Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf & " done"
  
End Sub

  Posted by Charlie on 2017-05-05 13:47:42
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