For A & B to be single digits, yet be interchangeable they must be multiples of nine.
Therefore, any remainder following subtraction must also be divisible by 9, and the only two digit number that fits that where the 2nd digit is a 6 is 36. c = 3.
Posted By: Arganth on January 27th 2006 at 12:11:38
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- Easy puzzle (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Jan 27, 12:07:07
- 9-6 (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jan 27, 12:11:32
- 6? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 27, 12:10:19
- sory - means c=3 (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 27, 12:11:33
- 1,235,875,906 (n/m) (General Chat) - big_erics_shin, Jan 27, 12:09:04
- 3 (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Jan 27, 12:08:08
- Yep (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Jan 27, 12:08:32
- Explainez-vous, please (n/m) (General Chat) - Hull Canary, Jan 27, 12:09:17
- For A & B to be single digits, yet be interchangeable they must be multiples of nine. (General Chat) - Arganth, Jan 27, 12:11:38
- Another way... (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Jan 27, 12:14:03
- It looks like "ab minus ba all over c6", to me, which I just don't get at all. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 27, 12:11:19
- For A & B to be single digits, yet be interchangeable they must be multiples of nine. (General Chat) - Arganth, Jan 27, 12:11:38
- Explainez-vous, please (n/m) (General Chat) - Hull Canary, Jan 27, 12:09:17
- Yep (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Jan 27, 12:08:32
- 9 (n/m) (General Chat) - Nigel Gurgingon, Jan 27, 12:07:32
- Nope (n/m) (General Chat) - Partial Angler, Jan 27, 12:08:01
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