Extra Credit Solution
Mr. Suliga is offering extra credit to those able to solve this last problem on our homework.
He wants us to show our work since he says we won't need to guess, but also gave us the hint that H is not 5.
Starting this puzzle, the player is shown a simple-looking math problem on a chalkboard in a classroom setting.
Discovery 1: Cryptarithm
Reading the text on the chalkboard, the player is told that they are working with a specific type of puzzle, called a cryptarithm puzzle. Solving this cryptarithm should seem like the natural first step to this puzzle.
The flavortext tells the player two things - that they won’t need to guess at any point solving the cryptarithm, and that the letter H in the puzzle does not hold the value 5.
Upon solving the cryptarithm, the player should find the following relations:
| Value | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | F | W | R | S | A | H | E | G | N |
Here’s a sample walkthrough of a way to solve the cryptarithm:
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Discovery 2: Looking under the ANSWER
From the chalkboard, the player is told that they should look under the answer after they have found it.
Out of the nine letters used in the cryptarithm, six of them can be used to spell ANSWER.
| Letter | A | N | S | W | E | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Looking below the placements of these numbers on a standard QWERTY-style keyboard (in the only way possible for all the numbers) in this order spells TORQUE, the answer to this puzzle.
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