2008 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 2

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 $E=2$ . Therefore, the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(A)}\ 8672}$

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