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Old 11-09-2002, 09:39 PM
Ed Miller Ed Miller is offline
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Default Re: Math Problem

There are several solutions. The equation 10a + 3s + 0.5c = 100 where a, s, c > 0 represents a plane "segment" (dunno the correct term, but this should be clear). If a, s, and c have to be integral (which they hopefully do in this case.. hehe) then there are a finite number of solutions. If they didn't have to be integral, there would be an infinite number of solutions on the plane segment.

I hope that it is something like 9 adults, 3 students, and 2 children, though... so that all those children don't run rampant...
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