SOLUTION: how can arrange 100 toys in 9 boxes, not coming even numbers

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Question 888004: how can arrange 100 toys in 9 boxes, not coming even numbers
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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The sum of any odd number of odd numbers is always an odd number.

But 100 is even, so you can never have a sum of 100 with an odd number 
like 9 of odd numbers.  You have to have at least one even number.

No solution.

Edwin