Olympiad Maths Prep

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Problem 544

AMC 12 late, AIME early
Combinatorics Difficulty 5.0 Find the answer

1. Write seven different digits instead of the seven asterisks so that the correct equation is obtained: **++* = 2015.

Official solution

Solution. For example, 1987+25+31987+25+3. Other variants are possible. Criteria.

A correct example where all digits are different - 7 points.

A correct equality, but one digit is repeated twice (six digits are used instead of seven) - 1 point.

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