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/**
*
* It is a fact that there exist two numbers x and y such that x! + y! = 10!.
* Write a method named solve10 that returns the values x and y in an array.
* The notation n! is called n factorial and is equal to n * n-1 * n-2 * … 2 * 1, e.g., 5! = 5*4*3*2*1 = 120.
*
*/
package com.hawa.practice;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@Slf4j
public class Solve10 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
log.info("Solve 10, value: {}", solve10());
}
static int[] solve10() {
int factorialX = 1;
int factorialY = 1;
int x = 1;
int y = 1;
boolean matched = false;
int tenFactorial = 1;
int[] result = new int[2];
for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
tenFactorial *= i;
}
for (x = 1; x <= 10 && !matched; x++) {
factorialX *= x;
factorialY = 1;
for (y = 1; y <= 10 && !matched; y++) {
factorialY *= y;
if (tenFactorial == factorialX + factorialY) {
matched = true;
break;
}
}
}
if (matched) {
result[0] = x;
result[1] = y;
} else {
result[0] = 0;
result[1] = 0;
}
return result;
}
}
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