2008 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 2
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[hide]Problem
The ten-letter code represents the ten digits , in order. What 4-digit number is represented by the code word ?
Solution
We can derive that , , , and . Therefore, the answer is ~edited by Owencheng
Solution 2
We can easily see that , which makes only and possible. Since the only difference between answer choices and is the last digit and that the last digit in the code word "CLUE" is , we can just find that and that the answer is . ~solution by SuperVince1
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