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Maple Leafs

11-24-2003 01:35 PM

OT: Planets math puzzle

One more puzzle for the day, since the Pirates one has been solved. This one is a different kind of puzzle, not sure how well it will go over but let's find out.

Four words add up to a fifth word numerically:

Code:

     mars

    venus

   uranus

   saturn

  -------- +

  neptune

Each of those ten letters (m, a, r, s, v, e, n, u, t, and p) represents a unique number in the range 0 to 9. An additional hint: the numbers 1 and 6 are being used most frequently.

What number does "neptune" represent?

VPI97

11-24-2003 01:53 PM

Code:

cuervo72

11-24-2003 02:00 PM

From where I was headed, it looks like VPI is right.

Celeval

11-24-2003 02:01 PM

1,078,610

Spoilers following in next post if no one got it yet.

Celeval

11-24-2003 02:01 PM

Damn, too slow. :)

Maple Leafs

11-24-2003 02:37 PM

Nicely done.

Just curious, do people prefer these kinds of puzzles (where you work towards one answer, and you know it when you find it) or the logic-type puzzles like the lions/sheep or pirates?

VPI97

11-24-2003 02:41 PM

Multiple-step puzzle that leads to one answer.

albionmoonlight

11-24-2003 02:42 PM

I like lions/sheep type puzzles.

Maple Leafs

11-24-2003 02:44 PM

OK. Winston Churchill is sitting in a room, surrounded by ten hungry lions...

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