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tents hold 2,3,5,6, or 12 people. how many combinations are possible to sleep 18
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document.write( "Since 12 of them sleep in the 12-person tent, we only have to sleep the other 6\r\n" );
document.write( "people in some fully occupied 2,3,5, and 6-person tents.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It's obvious we can't use a 5-person tent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To sleep those 6 people that aren't sleeping in the 12-person tent,\r\n" );
document.write( "We can sleep them:  \r\n" );
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document.write( "1.  all in 1 6-person tent,\r\n" );
document.write( "2.  in 2 3-person tents, or \r\n" );
document.write( "3.  in 3 2-person-tents.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Just those 3 ways.\r\n" );
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