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Please help!

 

The increasing list of five different integers {3, 4, 5, 8, and 9} has a sum of 29. How many increasing lists of five different single-digit positive integers have a sum of 33?

 

Thank you in advance! smiley

 Jan 29, 2019
edited by Guest  Jan 29, 2019
edited by Guest  Jan 29, 2019
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Going in reverse order

 

Note that the largest sum possible is

9, 8, 7, 6 , 5    =  35

 

So...there won't be too many of these !!!

 

9, 8, 7, 6, 3 =  33

9, 8, 7, 5, 4 =  33

 

No other sums = 33  utilizing 9, 8, 7 are possible

 

The next largest possible sum is

9,8,6,5,4 =  32

 

So....the only two lists I find are

 

3,6,7,8,9      and    4,5,7,8,9

 

 

cool cool cool

 Jan 29, 2019
edited by CPhill  Jan 29, 2019
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Thanks CPhill! You got it right! smiley

Guest Jan 29, 2019
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LOL!!!!.....sometimes I make lucky guesses....!!!!

 

 

cool cool cool

CPhill  Jan 29, 2019

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