Note that (24k)=(2424−k)
This means that the sum of all integers k, that work, is 24
Builderboi, Your answer is correct but i had to think really hard before I could see the relevance of your explanation.
Sorry, I didn't do the best job... Hopefully this is better!
There will be some answer for k, but there will also be another answer, 24−k.
This is because (nk)=n!k!(n−k)!. However, (nn−k)=n!(n−k)!k!. For example, (52)=5!2!3!=10, and likewise, (53)=10.
The sum of 2 and 3, which are k, and n−k ,respectively, both sum to n, or 5.
Likewise, applying the same logic here, we find that the sum will be 24, because n=24
Yes I get that, and it is good logic, but how did you know that k was defined at all.
OR maybe k is 12 and then there would not be a second k value.
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I guess it was a reasonable assumtion that k was defined....and that it was not 12.
And yes if any such k exists (which I know it does becasue I worked it out ) and k is not 12, then there will be 2 k values, and their sum is 24 just as you have said.