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From: london@ERE.UMontreal.CA (London David)
Subject: Magic Toyshop - hint needed
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Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 23:50:50 GMT
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Well, I'm now stuck on the puzzle of the combination to the chest.
Assuming that we're working in base 10 (?), I've worked things
out on paper, and there doesn't seem to be a solution of 6 digits
or less. So I guess I have 2 choices: 

1. Push on to 7+ digits, although there will be hundreds, maybe
   thousands of possible solutions to check.
2. Program Mathematica to work it out.

I'm not keen to do either of these. Can someone give me a hint?
Is there a trick to it, or is it brute force? (If it's brute
force, and the only way to solve it is to resort to one of the
two possibilities above, I won't be upset if someone simply
sends me the solution. :-)

Thanks
David London
