Re: Puzzle
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- Subject: [mg2279] Re: [mg2258] Puzzle
- From: brucec (Bruce Carpenter)
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:38:36 -0400
>Here's a nice puzzle. Find the four numbers in the following sequence
>which total 100: {6, 44, 30, 15, 24, 12, 33, 23, 18}. It would seem that
>there might be a nice way to do this with Mathematica. Any takers?
>
>Will Self
>Billings, Montana
How about this one:
In[2]:=
{6, 44, 30, 15, 24, 12, 33, 23, 18}/.
{a___,b_,c___,d_,e___,f_,g___,h_,i___}:>{b,d,f,h} /; b+d+f+h == 100
Out[2]=
{44, 15, 23, 18}
Cheers,
Bruce Carpenter