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Find three different whole numbers that add up to 10. How many different ways can this be done?

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Find three different whole numbers that add up to 10. How many different ways can this be done?
posted Jan 2, 2018 by anonymous

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0 + 1 + 9 = 10
0 + 2 + 8 = 10
0 + 3 + 7 = 10
0 + 4 + 6 = 10
1 + 2 + 7 = 10
1 + 3 + 6 = 10
1 + 4 + 5 = 10
2 + 3 + 5 = 10
Above are all the possible whole number sets of three that add up to 10. There are 8 ways this can be done.

answer Jan 4, 2018 by Tejas Naik



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