At sea base
SEAS + EBB + SEA = BASS
Let's call the base c cause it's the sea. :))
(S)c^3 + (E + E + S)c^2 + (A + B + E)c + S + B + A = (B)c^3 + Ac^2 + Sc + S
(S)c^3 + (E + E + S)c^2 + (A + B + E)c + B + A = (B)c^3 + Ac^2 + Sc
B + A = c, because the sum up to 0 (mod c), and both can't be 0.
That would mean that there would be a carry 1.
A + B + E + 1 = S (mod c)
c + E + 1 = S (mod c)
E + 1 = S
E + E + S + 1 = A (mod c)
This is where I had to do a bit of guessing. I felt like E + E + S + 1 = A would be a carry 2.
I'm sure you could test for carry 1 and carry 2 and see if they both work.
2 + S = B
So what are our equations?
B + A = c
E + 1 = S
E + E + S + 1 = A + 2c
2 + S = B
Now, time for solving. I don't actually have a good method for this.. I just tried everything until I got something. *Any tips for solving equations like these would be helpful.
Looking at my scratch paper, I don't think I even know how I solved it.
A = 1
B = 10
E = 7
S = 8
c = 11
It asks for a 3 digit number. At first, I wasn't sure which word to use, but since the word has to be 2 - 3 letters, and AT and EBB doesn't work, it must be SEA.
SEA = 871
Hopefully that's correct. :))
=^._.^=