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Half a dozen of weights (Posted on 2019-01-23)

d3: Select six weights from a set of weights (1, 2, …, 26) grams in such a way that any two subsets of the six add up to distinct total weights.

Bonus-d4: Prove that no similar subset of 7 exists.

Source: Moscow Math Olympiad

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	Subject	Author	Date
	solns via computer	Steven Lord	2019-01-23 11:54:08

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