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How many solutions are there to the equation

u + v + w + x + y + z = 10

where u, v, w, x, y, and z are nonnegative integers, and x is at most 2 or y is at least 3?

 Jun 27, 2023
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There are 21 solutions to the equation u + v + w + x + y + z = 10 where u, v, w, x, y, and z are nonnegative integers, and x is at most 2 or y is at least 3.

To solve this problem, we can use the following cases:

Case 1: x=0 and y>=3. In this case, the only solution is u+v+w+z=10. There is 1 solution in this case.

Case 2: x=1 and y>=3. In this case, the possible solutions are u+v+w+z=9, u+v+w+z=8, and u+v+w+z=7. There are 3 solutions in this case.

Case 3: x=2 and y>=3. In this case, the possible solutions are u+v+w+z=8, u+v+w+z=7, and u+v+w+z=6. There are 3 solutions in this case.

Case 4: x=0 and y<3. In this case, the possible solutions are u+v+w+x+y+z=10, u+v+w+x+y+z=9, u+v+w+x+y+z=8, u+v+w+x+y+z=7, u+v+w+x+y+z=6, u+v+w+x+y+z=5, u+v+w+x+y+z=4, and u+v+w+x+y+z=3. There are 8 solutions in this case.

The total number of solutions is 1+3+3+8=21

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 Jun 27, 2023
edited by ollysuper  Jun 27, 2023

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