John Clark
John.Clark at niagaracounty.com
Wed Sep 21 13:57:19 CDT 2005
>As a bonus for Susan, here's one you actually can sit down an calculate >on a piece of paper - or create a For/Next loop on the computer to do >the dirty work: >U, V, X, Y, and Z represent five different digits. Find these to >satisfy the formula: >UVXYZ * 4 = ZYXVU >/gustav 21978 21978 * 4 = 87912 I narrowed it down to a min (02513) and max (24987) and then popped it into Excel. I had to include zeros, because you hadn't mentioned them. And, by using consecutive letters, it sort of makes you think of consecutive digits as well...clouds the thought process at first. If there are any chocolate rewards, I'll donate them to Susan...I'm getting fat enough already.