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JohnOfStony

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Registered: 2017-10-22

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alfa+beta+gama puzzle

There is an alternative puzzle:
ALPHA + BETA + GAMMA = DELTA
(British spelling of alpha and correct spelling of gamma). This has the advantage that there are 10 different letters so you have to use all 10 digits 0 to 9. There are 14 different solutions to this puzzle.

phrontister

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Re: alfa+beta+gama puzzle

Hi JohnOfStony,

I only found 13 solutions to your alternative puzzle.

A unique solution exists with the constraint, "The value of the sum's first letter ('D') is a prime number".

Another alternative puzzle, ALPHA - BETA - GAMMA = DELTA, has 4 solutions. A unique solution exists with the constraint, "The value of the sum's first letter ('D') is an odd prime number".

Last edited by phrontister (2017-11-26 20:17:11)

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