Question

Make the statement below correct by:
* filling the boxes in with numbers from 0-9, each number only occurring once
*replacing the letters a-g with appropriate variables.

__a ( __b + __c ) = __ __de + __ fg

Provide several different solutions to this problem and an explanation about what you were thinking when you were solving it.

this’d help a lot, thanks

Answer 1

clearly, de is replaced with ab, and fg is replaced with ac. For example,
8a(3b+9c) = 24ab + 72ac
That will not work, since 2 is used twice.
But you see how to follow the steps. You juat need to find some digits that only turn up once.