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In how many different ways can 12 dimes be divided into three piles with an odd number of dimes in each pile?

 Apr 23, 2015

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To see why.......the sum of three odd numbers would have to equal an even, and this is impossible. Ths sum of three odd numbers is always odd.

 

  

 Apr 24, 2015
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To see why.......the sum of three odd numbers would have to equal an even, and this is impossible. Ths sum of three odd numbers is always odd.

 

  

CPhill Apr 24, 2015

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