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ENIGMA No. 843

By Susan Denham

7 October 1995

ENIGMA No. 843

How many are whole?

IN what follows, digits have been consistently replaced by letters, with different letters being used for different digits:

In the list:

√ONE TWO THREE FOUR

just the first and one other are whole numbers. In the list:

√ONE+1 √TWO+1 √THREE+1 √FOUR+1

just one is a whole number. In the list:

√ONE+2 √TWO+2 √THREE+2 √FOUR+2

just one is a whole number. If you want to win the prize send in your FORTUNE.

A £10 book token will be awarded to the sender of the first correct answer opened on Thursday 9 November. The Editor’s decision is final. Please send entries to Enigma 843, Âé¶¹´«Ã½, King’s Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London SE99 0BB. The winner of Enigma 837 was T. A. Morley, of Weiterstadt Germany.

Answer to Enigma 837

1:Yes 2:Yes 3:No 4:Yes.

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