How to find how many sequences from the positive integer numbers $(a,b,c,d,e)$,such that :
$$abcde \le a+b+c+d+e \le 10$$
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How to find how many sequences from the positive integer numbers $(a,b,c,d,e)$,such that : $$abcde \le a+b+c+d+e \le 10$$ |
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I would try to solve this logically. If 10 is the maximum number of a + .... + e, then that means the numbers must be limited to 6. Now let's find out which sets of numbers excluding 1 gives products less than 10: Any other sets of numbers multiplied will give values greater than 10 for abcde. So you can try (1,1,1,2,2), (1,1,1,2,3), (1,1,1,2,4), (1,1,1,2,5), (1,1,1,3,3), and lastly (1,1,2,2,2). We can't forget single numbers by themselves either. (1,1,1,1,1), (1,1,1,1,2), (1,1,1,1,3), (1,1,1,1,4), (1,1,1,1,5), and (1,1,1,1,6). Now make sure the sums are all greater than the product. |
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