document.write( "Question 25985: Three darts are thrown at a dart board. You can obtain a 15,8,3,or 1 on one shot. Or you can get zero because of a miss. You get three shots. What is the lowest POSITIVE number impossible to obtain? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #13958 by mike69(9)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Ok. Let's make a chart\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "0 _0+0+0=0 \n" ); document.write( "1 _1+0+0=1 \n" ); document.write( "2 _1+1+0=2 \n" ); document.write( "3 _1+1+1=3 \n" ); document.write( "4 _3+1+0=4 \n" ); document.write( "5 _3+1+1=5 \n" ); document.write( "6 _3+3+0=6 \n" ); document.write( "7 _3+3+1=7 \n" ); document.write( "8 _8+0+0=8 \n" ); document.write( "9 _3+3+3=9 \n" ); document.write( "10_8+1+1=10 \n" ); document.write( "11_8+0+3=11 \n" ); document.write( "12_8+3+1=12 \n" ); document.write( "13_IMPOSSIBLE \n" ); document.write( "14_8+3+3=14 \n" ); document.write( "15_15+0+0=15 \n" ); document.write( "16_8+8+0=16\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and so on...\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So i see an impossible. So 13 points is the answer. \n" ); document.write( " |