Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/145 - The Printer's Problem/Solution

by : $145$

 * The Printer's Problem

Solution

 * $\text A, \text A, \text B, \text C, \text D, \text E, \text E, \text E, \text F, \text G, \text H, \text I, \text J, \text L, \text M, \text N, \text O, \text O, \text P, \text R, \text R, \text S, \text T, \text U, \text U, \text V, \text Y$

Proof
You need at least as many of a particular letter as it appears in any given month.

Hence, for example:
 * $2 \times \text A$ as it appears twice in JANUARY
 * $3 \times \text A$ as it appears $3$ times in both SEPTEMBER and DECEMBER
 * $2 \times \text U$ as it appears twice in AUGUST

and so on.

The details are tedious.