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Absolute Value Muse (Posted on 2014-02-19)

Determine the number of integer solutions to:
|x|+ |y| + |z| = 15

Note:

The absolute value function F(x) = |x| is defined as:

        x if x ≥ 0
F(x) = 
       -x if x < 0

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 4.0000 (1 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

The required number of integer solutions= 902.
For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Charlie in this location.

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Subject	Author	Date
re(2): General Solution -- Two geometric methods	Steve Herman	2014-02-20 19:44:28
re: General Solution -- Two geometric methods	Charlie	2014-02-20 09:56:14
General Solution -- Two geometric methods	Steve Herman	2014-02-19 19:06:26
solution	Charlie	2014-02-19 14:16:30

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