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From: caasi@sdsu.UUCP (Richard Caasi)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,rec.puzzles
Subject: Re: Mr. P & Mr. S
Message-ID: <2792@sdsu.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Sep-87 14:05:34 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  8 14:05:34 1987
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Organization: San Diego State University, Math/Sciences Dept.
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Xref: mnetor comp.ai:748 rec.puzzles:515


As shown from the following table there are a few unique
solutions to the Mr P & Mr S problem, #9,  #16, and #19:

   1  a * b * c = 20    a = 10    b =  1    c =  2
   2  a * b * c = 20    a = 10    b =  2    c =  1
   3  a * b * c = 27    a =  9    b =  1    c =  3
   4  a * b * c = 27    a =  9    b =  3    c =  1
   5  a * b * c = 32    a =  8    b =  1    c =  4
   6  a * b * c = 32    a =  8    b =  4    c =  1
   7  a * b * c = 35    a =  7    b =  1    c =  5
   8  a * b * c = 35    a =  7    b =  5    c =  1
   9  a * b * c = 36    a =  9    b =  2    c =  2
  10  a * b * c = 48    a =  8    b =  2    c =  3
  11  a * b * c = 48    a =  8    b =  3    c =  2
  12  a * b * c = 56    a =  7    b =  2    c =  4
  13  a * b * c = 56    a =  7    b =  4    c =  2
  14  a * b * c = 60    a =  6    b =  2    c =  5
  15  a * b * c = 60    a =  6    b =  5    c =  2
  16  a * b * c = 63    a =  7    b =  3    c =  3
  17  a * b * c = 72    a =  6    b =  3    c =  4
  18  a * b * c = 72    a =  6    b =  4    c =  3
  19  a * b * c = 80    a =  5    b =  4    c =  4