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 2024-12-04 

Christmas card 2024

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I enjoyed solving problems for this card very much! Thanks a lot! I had a great time!
Happy New Year! Greetings from Ukraine.
Anna
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Matt, great card this year! Problems 1 and 2 are slightly ambiguous though in that you did not specify that each digit could only be used once.

I initially thought the answers were simply 44×44 = 1936 and 99×99999999 = 9899999901, respectively ????
Dan Whitman
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I find that I can enter seven correct answers without issue. however, an eighth answer causes the entire tree to vanish.

I'm using Firefox on Windows 11.
hakon
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@HJ: I can't reproduce that error on Firefox or Chrome on Ubuntu - although I did notice I'd left some debug outputting on, which I've now removed. Perhaps that was causing the issue.

If anyone else hits this issue, please let me know.
Matthew
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On my machine (Mac, using either Firefox or Chrome, including private mode so no plugins) the puzzle disappears when I complete the answers for 1, 3 and 9. I'm presuming my answers are correct -- the pattern they create is pretty clear and looks reasonable.
HJ
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I fond this card quite amusing. If I were clever enogh, I cold solve more of the problems! - Cheers from the USA
mitch
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