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Enigma Number 1582

By Bob Walker

10 February 2010

Bit tricky

Joe thought he would test Penny’s ability to manipulate equations this week. So he asked her to find the values of the integers A, B and C in the following equation.

What are the values of A, B and C?

WIN £15 will be awarded to the sender of the first correct answer opened on Wednesday 17 March. The Editor’s decision is final. Please send entries to Enigma 1582, Âé¶¹´«Ã½, Lacon House, 84 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8NS, or to enigma@newscientist.com (please include your postal address).

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