Re: Playing with numbers
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- Subject: [mg50161] Re: [mg50135] Playing with numbers
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:20:13 -0400 (EDT)
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This stops with the first solution found:
Clear[test]
test[{a_, b_, c_, d_, e_, f_,
g_, h_, i_}] :=
If[h - f == i &&
f*g == c && e/b == f &&
a + b == h && c - d == a,
Throw[{a, b, c, d, e, f,
g, h, i}]]
Timing@Catch[test /@ Permutations@Range@9]
{2.5*Second, {5, 4, 6, 1, 8, 2, 3, 9, 7}}
and this returns ALL solutions:
Clear@test
test[{a_, b_, c_, d_, e_, f_, g_, h_,
i_}] := If[h - f == i && f*g == c &&
e/b == f && a + b == h &&
c - d == a, Sow[{a, b, c, d, e, f,
g, h, i}]]
Timing@Last@Reap[test/@Permutations@Range@9]
{4.781 Second,{{{5,4,6,1,8,2,3,9,7}}}}
Bobby
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 05:01:03 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Manz <thomasmanz at web.de> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Everyone of you knows number riddles! Here´s an example:
> you have five equations:
> (1) H - F = I
> (2) F x G = C
> (3) E / B = F
> (4) A + B = H
> (5) C - D = A
> every variable from A to I stands for a number from 1 to 9, where each number appears only once (no two variables can have the same value)!!
>
> Solving this problem with a piece of paper and your brain should take not more than 10 minutes.
> (I tried it, and also found that 5-4-6-1-8-2-3-9-7 (A-I) is the ONLY solution!)
>
> But how can I solve it with Mathematica??
>
> best regards
> Thomas
>
>
>
>
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- References:
- Playing with numbers
- From: "Thomas Manz" <thomasmanz@web.de>
- Playing with numbers