document.write( "Question 33328This question is from textbook Glencoe Geometry
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If J,K, and L each represent a different digit in the multiplication\r\n" );
document.write( "problem below, what digit does J represent?\r\n" );
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document.write( "               ﾗ 2J\r\n" );
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document.write( "                L4K\r\n" );
document.write( "                74\r\n" );
document.write( "               覧覧\r\n" );
document.write( "                88K
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                 37\r\n" );
document.write( "               ﾗ 2J\r\n" );
document.write( "               覧覧\r\n" );
document.write( "                L4K\r\n" );
document.write( "                74\r\n" );
document.write( "               覧覧\r\n" );
document.write( "                88K\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since 4+4=8, the second 8 in the middle at the \r\n" );
document.write( "bottom is gotten from adding the two 4's directly \r\n" );
document.write( "above it, there could not be anything carried to \r\n" );
document.write( "the column that has the first 8 at the bottom.  So \r\n" );
document.write( "that first column at the bottom addition is L+7=8.  \r\n" );
document.write( "Therefore the only thing L can be is 1.  So we\r\n" );
document.write( "have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                 37\r\n" );
document.write( "               ﾗ 2J\r\n" );
document.write( "               覧覧\r\n" );
document.write( "                14K\r\n" );
document.write( "                74\r\n" );
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document.write( "                88K\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's try J = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "                 37\r\n" );
document.write( "               ﾗ 20\r\n" );
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document.write( "                140\r\n" );
document.write( "                74\r\n" );
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document.write( "                880  That's incorrect!\r\n" );
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document.write( "J is not 1 because L is already 1 and J and L \r\n" );
document.write( "can't be the same number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we try J = 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "                 37\r\n" );
document.write( "               ﾗ 22\r\n" );
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document.write( "                144\r\n" );
document.write( "                74\r\n" );
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document.write( "                884  That's incorrect\r\n" );
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document.write( "Try J = 3\r\n" );
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document.write( "                 37\r\n" );
document.write( "               ﾗ 23\r\n" );
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document.write( "                141\r\n" );
document.write( "                74\r\n" );
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document.write( "                881  That's incorrect\r\n" );
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document.write( "Try J = 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "                 37\r\n" );
document.write( "               ﾗ 24\r\n" );
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document.write( "                148\r\n" );
document.write( "                74\r\n" );
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document.write( "                888  That's CORRECT!\r\n" );
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document.write( "So since we started with this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                 37\r\n" );
document.write( "               ﾗ 2J\r\n" );
document.write( "               覧覧\r\n" );
document.write( "                L4K\r\n" );
document.write( "                74\r\n" );
document.write( "               覧覧\r\n" );
document.write( "                88K\r\n" );
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document.write( "J = 4, K = 8, and L = 1.\r\n" );
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