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In cleaning out your old desk, you find a whole bunch of 3¢ and 7¢ stamps. Can you
exactly 11¢ of postage? Can you make exactly 19¢ of postage? What is the largest am
of postage you cannot make?
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Find the largest eight-digit number made up of the digits 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, and 4 sucl
the 1's are separated by one digit, the 2's are separated by two digits, the 3's by three
digits, and the 4's by four digits.
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Transcribed Image Text:In cleaning out your old desk, you find a whole bunch of 3¢ and 7¢ stamps. Can you exactly 11¢ of postage? Can you make exactly 19¢ of postage? What is the largest am of postage you cannot make? eware of Patterns! 9 ST M Find the largest eight-digit number made up of the digits 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, and 4 sucl the 1's are separated by one digit, the 2's are separated by two digits, the 3's by three digits, and the 4's by four digits. Book Pro Problem 15 JA Problem 16 17 & Next: Careful Use of L
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 Given 3 cents stamps7 cents stamp

Multiples of 3 are 3,6,9,12,15...

Multiples of 7 are 7,14,21,28,35,...

 

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