document.write( "Question 1186691: Given the set (1,1,2,4,7,13,24,44,81), how many integers between 3 and 85 cannot be written as the sum of three elements in the set? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #817661 by greenestamps(13216) You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "If there is a formal way to answer this question using algebra, it would be exceedingly messy. \n" ); document.write( "Answering the question simply involves doing the work in a systematic way; you can spend your time doing it as easily as we can. \n" ); document.write( "There are two very different methods to methodically go about finding which integers from 3 to 85 can and cannot be written as the sum of three of the elements: \n" ); document.write( "(1) look at every integer from 3 to 85 and see whether or not it can; or \n" ); document.write( "(2) look at every possible sum of three of the elements of the set \n" ); document.write( "The first method is probably less desirable, since it will be easy to either overlook a sum that can be made or make errors to conclude incorrectly that you can make a sum which in fact you can't. \n" ); document.write( "If you use the second method methodically, you should have a very good chance of ending with the right answer. \n" ); document.write( "No; I didn't finish the problem, so I don't have the answer for you. Though I know HOW to find the answer, I choose not to spend my valuable time actually working the problem to its end. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |