(MET)*(SPY)=(PSASTA), which is a meaningless word.
However the partial products are three 4-letter words, all described in the following story:
I met this spy in the Russian town XXXX, one of the sister cities of Louisville, KY. Since it is an inland city - I was there without BEING AT SEA (=XXXX). We met at the building resembling the XXXX Tower, a stone tower in Dingle,Ireland.
Find the solution determining all unknowns - and prove or disprove its uniqueness.
FOR m = 1 TO 9
used(m) = 1
FOR p = 1 TO 9
IF used(p) = 0 THEN
used(p) = 1
FOR s = 1 TO 9
IF used(s) = 0 THEN
used(s) = 1
FOR e = 0 TO 9
IF used(e) = 0 THEN
used(e) = 1
FOR t = 0 TO 9
IF used(t) = 0 THEN
used(t) = 1
met = m * 100 + e * 10 + t
FOR y = 0 TO 9
IF used(y) = 0 THEN
used(y) = 1
spy = s * 100 + p * 10 + y
FOR a = 0 TO 9
IF used(a) = 0 THEN
used(a) = 1
psasta = p * 100000 + s * 10100 + a * 1001 + t * 10
IF met * spy = psasta THEN
PRINT met, spy, psasta
PRINT s * met; p * met; y * met
END IF
used(a) = 0
END IF
NEXT
used(y) = 0
END IF
NEXT
used(t) = 0
END IF
NEXT
used(e) = 0
END IF
NEXT
used(s) = 0
END IF
NEXT
used(p) = 0
END IF
NEXT
used(m) = 0
NEXT
finds
719 326 234394
2157 1438 4314
which, laid out and interpreted, gives:
719 MET
326 SPY
------- -------
4314 ASEA
1438 EASK
2157 PERM
------- -------
234394 PSASTA
The EASK required a Google search to find (that is to get the otherwise-undefined K). The R in PERM didn't need Google.
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Posted by Charlie
on 2010-02-01 13:01:25 |
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