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More than one way to skin a cat (Posted on 2010-03-24)

You start with a zero and try to reach exactly 100 in 4 stages, each stage consisting of either increasing or decreasing your current number by a factorial n!( number like 1,2,6,24,120,720 etc) .
How many sequences exist to accomplish this task?

Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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ans:36
sol:
a)24, 2, 2 and 120(12 permutations)
b) -24, -2, 6 and 120 (24 permutations).

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-08-21 00:09:54
re: Gamma a break! (spoiler)	Charlie	2010-03-24 15:46:52
Gamma a break! (spoiler)	Dej Mar	2010-03-24 14:26:47
Let me count the ways -- computer solution	Charlie	2010-03-24 12:49:05
re: and Completion (set,sequence,stage...)	Ady TZIDON	2010-03-24 12:33:25
and Completion (set,sequence,stage...)	ed bottemiller	2010-03-24 11:29:10
Starter	ed bottemiller	2010-03-24 10:56:11

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