SOLUTION: What are my three digits? the sum of the digits is 12. the product of the digits is 40. I think this is a typo and it should read the sum of the digits is 11. I got that ans

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Question 213919: What are my three digits?
the sum of the digits is 12.
the product of the digits is 40.
I think this is a typo and it should read the sum of the digits is 11.
I got that answers as 2,4,5.
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Yes, I think you are at least half-right, and here is why:

Digits must be positive integers less than or equal to 9.

There are only two three-factor factorizations of the number 40 where all three factors qualify as digits, namely 5 * 8 * 1 and 5 * 4 * 2. The sums are respectively 14 and 11. Obviously 12 is an inappropriate number for the sum of the digits, but it is nearly as likely that the corrected typo would be 14 as 11.



John