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Combinatorics Difficulty 1.6 Junior Find the answer Netherlands

How many three-digit numbers, with each digit unequal to zero, are there such that the three digits add up to 77?
A) 44 B) 77 C) 1010 D) 1515 E) 2121

This was a multiple-choice question, but the options didn't survive into the source we have. The answer given is D, and the solution below works it through.

Solution

D) 1515

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