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Solution to [Viral] Math Puzzle for Vietnamese Eight-Year-Olds (Using R)
## The problem could be written as u + 13v/w + x + 12y - z - 11 + pq/r -10 = 66
## which reduces to u + 13v/w + x + 12y - z + pq/r = 87
## This problem was solved on [1] "Wed May 27 17:46:52 2015"
baoloc <- function()
{
packages <- rownames(installed.packages())
if("combinat" %in% packages) library("combinat") else install.packages("combinat")
numbers <- 1:9
permutations <- permn(numbers) ## list of all permutations of vector input
solutions <- numeric(9)
for(i in 1:length(permutations))
{
solution <- permutations[[i]]
if(solution[1] + 13*(solution[2]/solution[3]) + solution[4] + 12*solution[5] - solution[6] + (solution[7]*solution[8] / solution[9]) == 87)
{
solutions <- rbind(solutions, solution)
}
}
print("The number of solutions are:")
print(nrow(solutions)-1)
return(solutions[2:nrow(solutions),])
}
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