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by Richard - Fri 21st Oct 2005, 12:53pm
base 5: (unique solution)
  *
x *
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 **


base 6: (unique solution)
  **
 x *
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  **


base 7: (2 solutions)
  **
 x *
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 xxx
by Mike - Fri 21st Oct 2005, 9:27am
Dubya said: Are there similar problems in other bases than base 10?
OK: in base 4, the following contains all the digits from 1-3.

  *
+ 1
 --
  *

Or is that not quite what you had in mind?
by Dubya - Thu 20th Oct 2005, 10:12pm
jpd said: OK, you asked for it - prove this is the only solution (or otherwise).
Are there similar problems in other bases than base 10?
by jpd - Thu 20th Oct 2005, 8:04am
Richard said: Are there any other solutions?
OK, you asked for it - prove this is the only solution (or otherwise).
by Richard - Wed 19th Oct 2005, 11:54pm
jpd said:
The following multiplication contains all the digits 1-9. Fill in the blanks:
 186
  39 x
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7254



Are there any other solutions?

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