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ABSENT TONE (Posted on 2005-09-02)

Each of the letters A,E,F,H,O,R,T,W,and X represents a different digit from 0 to 9 in the addition below. Can you find out which letters represent which numbers?

 WORTH
   THE
+EXTRA
------
EFFORT

See The Solution Submitted by Brian Smith

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Solution (one of many?)

| Comment 14 of 20 |

As obvious from the other comments: Base 10 does not work. Stealing the info from Charlie . . . Base 11 has at least one solution.

A=8, E=1, F=0, H=6, O=3, R=5, T=4, W=9, X=7

93546

461

+17458

______

100354

Posted by Leming on 2005-09-05 01:58:31

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