In the alphametic: ABC+DEF= 495, the letters A to F denotes a different digit in {1,2,3,6,7,8}.

What are :
6 * 8 * 1 * 2 * * and 8 1 * 6 2 * * 1, when each of them denotes the capital city of a country? Each asterisk denotes a letter (whether same or different) that is not included in the alphametic.

Bucharest ( first mentioned in 1459) became the capital of Romania in 1862.<o:p></o:p>

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Canberra  is the capital city of Australia. With a population of 374,245, it is Australia's largest inland city. The site of Canberra was selected for the location of the nation's capital in 1908 as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities.

Solved by elimination, choosing the right combination out of 8 possible solutions:(A,B,C,D,E,F)=(1,6,7,3,2,8,),

Therefore CA*BE**A is the logical outcome of 

(CvF) (AvB)* (BvE) (BvE)** (AvB).;

Similar reasoning for Bucharest.<o:p></o:p>

Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2014-03-07 02:59:59