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the sum of the last four digits of marian's phone number is 25. how many such fourdigit sequences are there?

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The question involves a combinatorial problem in Mathematics that requires finding the number of four-digit sequences that sum up to 25. This can be approached using number partitioning methods and variations of combinatorial counting such as generating functions or the stars-and-bars method.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question seeks to determine the number of possible four-digit sequences where the sum of these digits equals 25. To solve this, we use the concept of partitioning numbers into a sum involving positive integers without regard for order. We can begin by considering the highest number a digit can be, which is 9, and find combinations of such numbers that add up to 25 across four digits.

For example, the sequence (9, 8, 8, 0) sums up to 25, and is one valid combination. It's important to consider that a digit in a phone number can be from 0 to 9 inclusive. To count all potential sequences, we'd need to systematically explore all combinations where four numbers sum to 25, including permutations where the order matters since each sequence represents a different four-digit portion of a phone number.

This combinatorial problem can be solved using generating functions or a stars-and-bars approach to count the number of ways to distribute 25 indistinguishable items (units representing the sum) into four distinct bins (digits of the phone number) such that no bin has more than 9 items.

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