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We can easily see that <math>C=8</math>, which makes only <math>(A)</math> <math>8761</math> and <math>(B)</math> <math>8762</math> possible. Since the only difference between answer choices <math>A</math> and <math>B</math> is the last digit and that the last digit in the code word "CLUE" is <math>E</math>, we can just find that <math>E=1</math> and that the answer is <math>(A)</math> <math>8761</math>.
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We can easily see that <math>C=8</math>, which makes only <math>(A)</math> <math>8761</math> and <math>(B)</math> <math>8762</math> possible. Since the only difference between answer choices <math>A</math> and <math>B</math> is the last digit and that the last digit in the code word "CLUE" is <math>E</math>, we can just find that <math>E=1</math> and that the answer is <math>/boxed{(A)</math> <math>8761}</math>.
  
 
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Revision as of 10:16, 25 May 2024

Problem

The ten-letter code $\text{BEST OF LUCK}$ represents the ten digits $0-9$, in order. What 4-digit number is represented by the code word $\text{CLUE}$?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 8671 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 8672 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 9781 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 9782 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 9872$

Solution

We can derive that $C=8$, $L=6$, $U=7$, and $E=1$. Therefore, the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(A)}\ 8671}$ ~edited by Owencheng

Solution 2

We can easily see that $C=8$, which makes only $(A)$ $8761$ and $(B)$ $8762$ possible. Since the only difference between answer choices $A$ and $B$ is the last digit and that the last digit in the code word "CLUE" is $E$, we can just find that $E=1$ and that the answer is $/boxed{(A)$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) $8761}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg).

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