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Hill Numbers Settlement (Posted on 2010-07-15) Difficulty: 2 of 5
A 5-digit base ten positive integer of the form ABCDE is called a hill number if the digits B and D are each equal to the sum of the digits to their immediate left and right, that is, B = A + C and D = C + E. (Each of the capital letters in bold denotes a digit from 0 to 9, whether same or different.)

Determine the probability that x is a hill number, given that x is a base ten positive integer chosen at random between 10000 and 99999 inclusively.

  Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 2.5000 (4 votes)
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The required probability is 11/3000.

For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Praneeth in this location and by Steve Herman in this location.

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  Subject Author Date
SolutionSolutionDej Mar2010-07-15 18:35:26
SolutionBy counting (spoiler)Steve Herman2010-07-15 14:27:10
SolutionSolutionPraneeth2010-07-15 14:21:14
Climbing, climbing (solution)ed bottemiller2010-07-15 13:58:28
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