My integrated algebra gave us this problem, I don't even know what she wants us to find, she just said solve this problem. link attached

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romancelanguages · Answer

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vuriffy · Answer

When you get one letter correct, now have to try the rest of it. Woot.

vuriffy · Answer

Well, my method didn't surpass level 2, so back to the drawing board.

romancelanguages · Answer

I still haven't figured it out

vuriffy · Answer

Method 2 looks promising as well, here goes to level 2 again. Lol.

vuriffy · Answer

Hmm, didn't work all the way through, guess I have to try something else.

vuriffy · Answer

Even tried diagonal, numerical implementation of values in regard to alphabetical position which would not work in the sense of W = WAD, so that does not work neither.

romancelanguages · Answer

Am I over thinking it to?

vuriffy · Answer

We probably are, I used limitations, divided in reference to alphabetical position in many different ways, and also attempted to convert them in several different ways which work for one letter, but not the whole thing as whole.

vuriffy · Answer

I keep overthinking so much to where, I am thinking about the lines in the letters giving them the value of 1, where a curve equals 2.. Which wouldn't be necessary. >.<

vuriffy · Answer

Hmm, what are you learning in your class right now?

romancelanguages · Answer

i just started high school and i'm in integrated algebra, we didn't learn anything yet, we just did this animal raft problem today, logic stuff.

vuriffy · Answer

In the animal raft puzzle, what techniques did you use?

romancelanguages · Answer

We haven't gone over it, but you have to use the information you observe to balance out the raft, like for example if an elephant is 2 polar bears, and a polar bear is 3 zebras you know that an elephant is equal to 6 zebras.

vuriffy · Answer

Hmm, well I am not sure what to do, my logic isn't going too swell with the logic of this puzzle.

vuriffy · Answer

I feel as it is simpler than I am taking it. Most logic puzzles are.

romancelanguages · Answer

Oh my what do I do

welshfella · Answer

you can be pretty sure that W stands for a 1.

welshfella · Answer

these are very tricky . You have to use logic and some guessing to see which numbers fit.

welshfella · Answer

D will be a 9  and O will be 0.

welshfella · Answer

this solution will fit  the letters in the problem  E=8.A=4,D=9,O=0,R=2,S=5,W=1.

         18
       428
     9849
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   10295

and the addition is correct