Feynman Long Division Puzzles
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Physicist Richard Feynman sent the following puzzle for his father attached to a letter to his mother in 1939. It is not known if he is the originator of this type of puzzle.
The following represents a long division. Each dot represents any digit, and all the "A"'s represent the same digit. None of the the dots are the same as the "A" digit. Find all the digits in the long division algorithm.
____..A.
.A.\....A..
..AA
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...A
..A
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....
.A..
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....
....
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0
