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Oh, this looks like a pythag problem, to better understand pythag go to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem

 

So, we have Belmont 7 miles north, and Newton 6 miles east:

 

 

So, our a is 7 and our b is 6

 

We have to fit the formula:

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

49 + 36 = c^2

85 = c^2

so the square root of 85 is

approximately 9.2

Jan 5, 2023
Jan 4, 2023
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a=listfor(n, 0/2, 18/2, (19 -2*n) nCr 2);print a, "=", sum a

 

(171, 136, 105, 78, 55, 36, 21, 10, 3 ) = 615 ways of distributing 17 candies to 3 kids + 2 twins.

 

171 ways of distributing the candies to the 3 remaining kids when the twins get "0" candies each

136 ............................................................................................................................ 1   ...................

105............................................................................................................................. 2   ..................

78 .............................................................................................................................. 3   ..................

55 .............................................................................................................................. 4   ..................

36 .............................................................................................................................. 5   ..................

21 ............................................................................................................................... 6   ..................

10 ............................................................................................................................... 7   ..................

3 ................................................................................................................................. 8   ..................

Jan 4, 2023

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