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What is the cubic root of INVENTORY?

See The Solution Submitted by Ady TZIDON    
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Solution computer solution | Comment 1 of 5

DEFDBL A-Z
FOR cr = 465 TO 999
  tst$ = LTRIM$(STR$(cr * cr * cr))
  good = 1
  FOR i = 1 TO 8
    IF i <> 2 THEN
      IF INSTR(MID$(tst$, i + 1), MID$(tst$, i, 1)) THEN good = 0: EXIT FOR
    ELSE
      IF INSTR(MID$(tst$, i + 1), MID$(tst$, i, 1)) <> 3 THEN good = 0: EXIT FOR
    END IF
  NEXT
  IF good THEN
   cube$ = LTRIM$(STR$(cr * cr * cr))
   root$ = LTRIM$(STR$(cr))
   FOR i = 1 TO 3
     ix = INSTR(cube$, MID$(root$, i, 1))
     PRINT MID$("INVENTORY", ix, 1);
   NEXT
   PRINT
   PRINT cr * cr * cr, cr
  END IF
NEXT

The first line of the output is:

RYE

That's your stock.

Actual numbers left out so as not to be a spoiler for the alphametic.


  Posted by Charlie on 2011-03-19 14:04:18
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