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From: snafu@ihuxi.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: Solution to 'new puzzle'
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Date: Sat, 29-Oct-83 23:42:57 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 29 23:42:57 1983
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I disagree with the assumption several people have made to the effect
that "since the sum and product do not provide enough information, we
must look at the solutions that have the same sum..." It seems that
the only justification for this assumption is that it is the only way
to find a unique solution. Would you make this assumption if there
were three solutions with the same sum? Since this condition was not
specified or suggested or even hinted at in the problem statement, I
contend that while it produces a valid solution, it can not be the
"correct" solution.

Nice try, but I think "back to the drawing board" is in order!

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                               D. Wallis
                   AT&T Western Electric, Naperville Il.
                             (312) 979-5894