document.write( "Question 263811: The addition problem below has a unique solution. Each of the letters Q, W and Y represents a different non zero digit. What is the product of Q, W and Y? \r
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document.write( " Q W W
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document.write( " Y Q W Y \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #194406 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Look at the sum of the 100s digits. The largest Q and W can be is 8 and 9 in some order. Depending on whether or not there was a carry from the previous column, the most Q + W + a possible carry can be is 18, and since the sum is YQ, Y must be 1.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, now we have:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Q plus W cannot equal 1 because that would mean that one of them had to be zero and the problem says the letters are all non-zero and the other would have to be 1 which is already used by Y and the problem says they are all different.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Therefore Q plus W must be 11.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Q = 9 if and only if W = 2 \n" ); document.write( "Q = 8 if and only if W = 3\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and so on until we get to\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Q = 2 if and only if W = 9\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But W + W + 1 must either equal W or 1W so the only possibility is W = 9, so that W + W + 1 = 9 + 9 + 1 = 18. Hence Q = 2.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Therefore:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |