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Deanrona
Posts: 21
Posted 23:29 Oct 15, 2019 |

I remember people say M has to equal 1, but I got M equal 0. Is my calculation wrong somewhere?

{'M': 0, 'O': 8, 'N': 3, 'E': 5, 'Y': 4, 'S': 7, 'D': 9, 'R': 1}

  SEND ->     7539
+ MORE ->   0815
--------------------------
 MONEY -> 08354

Last edited by Deanrona at 23:30 Oct 15, 2019.
geethchadalawada
Posts: 2
Posted 23:45 Oct 15, 2019 |

The solution for SEND + MORE = MONEY is

  SEND ->  9567

+MORE -> 1085

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MONEY -> 10652

 

These problems are Cryptarithmetic problems. In general, there is a possibility that more than one solution exist for these type of problems.

 

In SEND + MORE = MONEY, SEND and MORE should be 4 digit number and MONEY should be a 5 digit number. The range of 4 digit numbers starts from 1000 to 9999 and 5 digit number start with 10000 to 99999. If M = 0, then MORE will be a 3 digit number and MONEY will be a 4 digit number. Hence we cannot consider the solution that has M=0 and S=0 in this case. I hope this clarifies how Cryptarithmetic problems works.

Deanrona
Posts: 21
Posted 00:16 Oct 16, 2019 |

I see. Thank you!