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Did Bobby err? (Posted on 2022-04-02)

Bobby found the sum of 3 consecutive integers and then the sum of the next 3. Multiplying both results he got 111111111. Is it possible?

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Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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No. One sum is odd and the other even, so the product must be even. A string of ones is not, Bobby.

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Subject	Author	Date
re: A Further Overplus Solution	Ady TZIDON	2022-04-03 16:07:32
A Further Overplus Solution	K Sengupta	2022-04-03 12:19:29
Another solution (overkill?)	Brian Smith	2022-04-03 09:52:14
another route to the solution	Charlie	2022-04-02 14:15:44
Solution	Larry	2022-04-02 09:40:03

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