document.write( "Question 1210228: Find the number of subsets of
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document.write( "S = \{1, 3, 8, 17, 30, 36, 47, 58\},
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document.write( "so that the sum of the elements in the subset is a multiple of 5. (Note that for the empty subset, we take the sum of the elements as 0.)
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Algebra.Com's Answer #851701 by EPM(3)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( "The correct answer is 48. How do I know? I wrote a program in LibertyBasic.\r\n" ); document.write( "Here is the output. There are 47, but the empty set considered as having a sum\r\n" ); document.write( "of 0 makes it 48.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "1 30\r\n" ); document.write( "2 3+17=20\r\n" ); document.write( "3 3+47=50\r\n" ); document.write( "4 8+17=25\r\n" ); document.write( "5 8+47=55\r\n" ); document.write( "6 17+58=75\r\n" ); document.write( "7 47+58=105\r\n" ); document.write( "8 1+3+36=40\r\n" ); document.write( "9 1+8+36=45\r\n" ); document.write( "10 1+17+47=65\r\n" ); document.write( "11 1+36+58=95\r\n" ); document.write( "12 3+17+30=50\r\n" ); document.write( "13 3+30+47=80\r\n" ); document.write( "14 8+17+30=55\r\n" ); document.write( "15 8+30+47=85\r\n" ); document.write( "16 17+30+58=105\r\n" ); document.write( "17 17+36+47=100\r\n" ); document.write( "18 30+47+58=135\r\n" ); document.write( "19 1+3+8+58=70\r\n" ); document.write( "20 1+3+30+36=70\r\n" ); document.write( "21 1+8+30+36=75\r\n" ); document.write( "22 1+17+30+47=95\r\n" ); document.write( "23 1+30+36+58=125\r\n" ); document.write( "24 3+8+17+47=75\r\n" ); document.write( "25 3+8+36+58=105\r\n" ); document.write( "26 3+17+47+58=125\r\n" ); document.write( "27 8+17+47+58=130\r\n" ); document.write( "28 17+30+36+47=130\r\n" ); document.write( "29 1+3+8+17+36=65\r\n" ); document.write( "30 1+3+8+30+58=100\r\n" ); document.write( "31 1+3+8+36+47=95\r\n" ); document.write( "32 1+3+17+36+58=115\r\n" ); document.write( "33 1+3+36+47+58=145\r\n" ); document.write( "34 1+8+17+36+58=120\r\n" ); document.write( "35 1+8+36+47+58=150\r\n" ); document.write( "36 3+8+17+30+47=105\r\n" ); document.write( "37 3+8+30+36+58=135\r\n" ); document.write( "38 3+17+30+47+58=155\r\n" ); document.write( "39 8+17+30+47+58=160\r\n" ); document.write( "40 1+3+8+17+30+36=95\r\n" ); document.write( "41 1+3+8+30+36+47=125\r\n" ); document.write( "42 1+3+17+30+36+58=145\r\n" ); document.write( "43 1+3+30+36+47+58=175\r\n" ); document.write( "44 1+8+17+30+36+58=150\r\n" ); document.write( "45 1+8+30+36+47+58=180\r\n" ); document.write( "46 1+3+8+17+36+47+58=170\r\n" ); document.write( "47 1+3+8+17+30+36+47+58=200\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin\n" ); document.write( " |