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skyde
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Math Problems for children from 5 to 15 (2004) [pd...
Can someone help me with this question. I tried wolframalpha but the question seem to make no sense.
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=solve+for+y%2C+%5By+%3...
skyde
on July 19, 2021
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Got it: cost is 7
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=solve+for+y%2C+%5By+%3...
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You can constrain the result to whole numbers by adding "y mod 1 = 0" as an additional constraint.
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=solve+for+y%2C+%5By+%3...
waynesonfire
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neat trick, thanks.
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Please don't spoil it for the rest of us. @dang
Arnavion
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Knowing the answer is 7 isn't a spoiler. The point is to work it out. You'd have to click the URL and see the WA input to be spoiled about that.
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