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Code challenge from Open Garden
​Can you solve this puzzle? While not a requirement, we give priority consideration to candidates supplying a solution.
The 2010 Census puts populations of 26 largest US metro areas at 18897109, 12828837, 9461105, 6371773, 5965343, 5946800, 5582170, 5564635, 5268860, 4552402, 4335391, 4296250, 4224851, 4192887, 3439809, 3279833, 3095313, 2812896, 2783243, 2710489, 2543482, 2356285, 2226009, 2149127, 2142508, and 2134411.
Can you find a subset of these areas where a total of exactly 100,000,000 people live, assuming the census estimates are exactly right? Provide the answer and code or reasoning used.
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jakern commented Feb 22, 2019

Hi there, I was not able to find a subset. Is this not possible with this set?

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