Substitute each letter by a different digit from 0 to 9 to satisfy this alphametic multiplication problem, where X represents the multiplication symbol.

         M E N
X       A R T
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      B C O N
   B R B E
N B B N
----------------
N A T  I O N

Note: While a solution is trivial with the aid of a computer program, can you derive it without one?

(In reply to spoiler by pcbouhid)

Thanks PCB.

I confirm having hyperlinked your methodology in my solution.

 

Posted by K Sengupta on 2008-09-08 05:27:55