Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, the Russian playwriter and novelist was born on January 29, 1860.
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An explanation of how to solve this manually:
First, notice the top:
The first subtrahend must be 87. This makes A=3, and since 116 = 29×4 we must have C=1 and H=0.
What could N be?
At least 5, since E is at least 2, so the first result is at least 150.
It can't be 8 or 9, because 29×8 = 232 which would force H=C.
It also can't be 6, because 10k+O and 29×O have the same parity, so they can't subtract to 17.
First case:
N=5. O must be 7 to get 7-3=4, but this makes the result from subtracting 29×T 21. Since H=0, 29×T must end in 9, but then it must be 29, which is too short.
Second case:
N=7. V=4, and O must be 5 to get 5-5=0. Now 29×T has to end in 4 for 16 to be passed down, so T=6. Now we can finally determine that the first subtraction result is 222, and E=9 and K=2 follow immediately from that.
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this solution I get from this solver
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and check asterisk free there's 23 solutions of which solution 5 is the required solution
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Hello, and welcome to Puzzling Stack Exchange! Usually when we post answers here at PSE, we put them in spoilers, so that you don't give the answer away to other puzzlers who want to give it a go. – Sylvester Kruin - try Codidact Jan 29 '23 at 19:06
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Hi sorry what are spoilers and were I can learn about – Elbaz haviv Jan 29 '23 at 19:18
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2I gave you a link to the page that explains them. Here it is again: https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/editing-help#spoilers – Sylvester Kruin - try Codidact Jan 29 '23 at 19:52
