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Singer Surmise (Posted on 2022-03-31) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Consider this alphametic:
U + (GO)*(AN) = GIGG
If I told you what I stood for, you would be able to tell me all the other letters.
234 8688 represents the name of a famous English singer, comedian, and actor.
Find it.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
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Solution re: Working Backwards (A finish) | Comment 3 of 14 |
(In reply to Working Backwards (A start) by Steve Herman)

Given N = 4, O = 6, and (U,G,A,I) must be a subset of (0,1,5,7,9), then there is only one solution to the alphametic:


U = 7, G = 1, A = 9, I = 5. 

To confirm, 7 + (16)*(94) = 1511.

As I mentioned in my earlier comment, the problem is that just knowing that I = 5 doesn't tell us what the other values are, unless we assume that none of the letters is 0, because there are other solutions, for example:

0 + (26)*(97) = 2522
0 + (67)*(98) = 6566

and perhaps more of a stretch

4 + (08)*(62) = 0500
2 + (06)*(83) = 0500

 

  Posted by tomarken on 2022-03-31 11:12:03
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