Mirror image
The digits in the two addition sums are all non-zero and have been replaced by letters and smiley faces. Different letters stand for different digits, the same letter stands for the same digit, and each emoticon can be any digit.
If the six-digit summation of either addition is a mirror image (i.e. reverse) of the other, find the value of MIRAGE.
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