Given the sequence 123456789
You can insert three operations (+,-,X,/) into this sequence to make the equation = 100.
Is there a way to solve this without brute force?
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$\begingroup$ Can we use one operation multiple times? $\endgroup$ – user64580 Dec 27 '19 at 23:45
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$\begingroup$ I found way to get 200 :( $\endgroup$ – Jasen Dec 27 '19 at 23:48
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$\begingroup$ Does this answer your question? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 100 $\endgroup$ – Adam Dec 28 '19 at 0:07
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$\begingroup$ @Adam, yes thanks. $\endgroup$ – CR241 Dec 28 '19 at 0:09
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If I’m allowed to use the same operation multiple times, I would do:
123−45−67+89 = 100
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$\begingroup$ you also need to re-order the digits to do that, so it's not a soltion $\endgroup$ – Jasen Dec 27 '19 at 23:48
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$\begingroup$ Thanks I found out using the correct order :) $\endgroup$ – user64580 Dec 27 '19 at 23:52
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$\begingroup$ @Jdrupal your answer With brute force, but I am looking for other possible solutions.. As I mentioned in question answer should be without Brute force. $\endgroup$ – CR241 Dec 27 '19 at 23:55
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$\begingroup$ Sorry what do you mean by brute force? $\endgroup$ – user64580 Dec 28 '19 at 0:01
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$\begingroup$ @CR241 There’s absolutely no evidence of a brute force method being used here. $\endgroup$ – Thomas Markov Dec 28 '19 at 0:03
