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- There are 9 different letters in THAUMATURG and METEOR
- THAUMRGEO and we have the numbers from 1 to 9
- The equation is THAUM + ATURG = METEOR
- I.) Even if we chose the highest possible 5-digit number that uses each digit only once for both words (98765)
- the result would still be 197530 so we can safely assume that the word METEOR starts with a 1.
- ==> M = 1
- II.) The next part I want to point out is more apparent if I write it like this:
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- V
- THAUM
- +ATURG
- =METEOR
- In this row you see that H + T = T. This can only occur under two conditions, H has to be 0 or 10. Neither 0 nor 10
- are in our list but we have access to a 9 and we can add a 1 if the previous addition "A+U" was bigger than 10.
- We end up with "H + T = 10+T". "10+T" means the digit we want for T and a carry.
- So we now learned that:
- M = 1, H = 9 and A+U>10
- III.) Actually, A+U has to be even bigger than 11 because each digit may only occur once and 1 is already used (by M),
- so A+U has to be bigger than 11
- M = 1, H = 9 and A+U>11
- IV.) Alright, we learned above (II.) that H + T is bigger than 10 so we have to add 1 to the addition on the far left.
- We now have:
- T + A + 1 = 10+E
- Let's look for another E
- A + U = E (and we know from above, A+U>11)
- This time there may NOT be a carry in this addition. If we were to add the extra 1 we would end up with
- A + U + 1 = 10+E
- considering that T + A + 1 = 10+E
- this would mean that T = U and this can not be the case. Each digit may only be used once. So it HAS TO BE
- A + U = 10+E
- And it has to be 10+E on the right side because we need that carryover 1 for H+T.
- V.) Let's continue on the far right. We have M + G = R. We know that M = 1 so the equation is
- 1 + G = R. There is not much we can do here other than note that since we have no 0 and we are adding G to 1, R needs to be
- at least 3. 1 is already used so the next smaller digit for G is 2, so R has to be 3 or bigger.
- VI.) Next part, U + R = O. This result has to be smaller than 10 since we may not have a carryover (this would contradict IV.).
- We also already used 9 (for H) so to stay smaller than 10 we need U + R < 9 and we know (from V.) that R >= 3 so U has to be
- smaller or equal to 5. If U were bigger than 5 we would end up with U+R > 8 and this is not possible.
- VII.) Ok let's get to the final parts. We now have basically everything we need:
- M = 1, H = 9, T+A+1=10+E, A+U=10+E, O = U+R < 9, R >= 3, U <= 5, G >= 2
- The most important parts are these two equations:
- T + A + 1 = 10+E
- A + U = 10+E
- Solving them for E yields:
- A + T - 9 = E
- A + U - 10 = E
- We can instead write:
- A + T - 9 = A + U - 10
- And simplify it:
- T + 1 = U
- So U is always 1 bigger than T, but how can we use this? We know that U <= 5 so we now also know that T <= 4.
- ------------------------------------------------------
- Testing all possible numbers from here on:
- THAUM
- +ATURG
- =METEOR
- M = 1, H = 9. Let's try G = 2 => R = 3
- T9AU1
- +ATU32
- =1ETEO3
- Ok, how about U = 5 => O = 8
- T9A51
- +AT532
- =1ETE83
- At this point we run into a problem. We need "A+5 = E" to be bigger than 10. We only have 6 and 7 left to use for A but
- if we use 6 or 7 we get 6 + 5 = 10 + 1 (or 7 + 5 = 10 + 2), so we would end up with E=1 or E=2. Both are not possible since
- we already used these numbers.
- Let's try a different number for "G":
- M = 1, H = 9. Let's try G = 3 => R = 4
- T9AU1
- +ATU43
- =1ETEO4
- Ok, we know that U+R=O has to be smaller than 9 so we can only chose U=2 but this already causes a problem since U = T+1.
- U=2 would mean that T=1 but 1 is already used. So this does not work.
- Again, let's try a different number for "G":
- M = 1, H = 9. Let's try G = 4 => R = 5
- T9AU1
- +ATU54
- =1ETEO5
- Right, U+5<9 so U<4. Since U=T+1 and 1 already being used U can't be 2 so U needs to be 3.
- T9A31
- +AT354
- =1ETE85
- Once again "A+3=E" needs to be bigger than 10. So A has to be 8 or 9 but both are already used ... tough luck.
- Next number for G:
- M = 1, H = 9. Let's try G = 5 => R = 6
- T9AU1
- +ATU65
- =1ETEO6
- Welp, now U has to be 2 because U+6<9, but it can't be because T would be 1 which is already used.
- The next one G = 6 ends even quicker:
- M = 1, H = 9. Let's try G = 6 => R = 7
- T9AU1
- +ATU76
- =1ETEO7
- U+7 < 9 but 1 is already used. Done, no solution for this problem.
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