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Lance wrote down a lot of plus sevens and minus fours. Altogether he wrote 22 digits. When he came to add them all up the total was zero. How many plus sevens were there?
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Lance wrote down a lot of plus sevens and minus fours. Altogether he wrote 22 digits. When he came to add them all up the total was zero. How many plus sevens were there?
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So, when solving this: you’ll want to consider multiples of 7 and 4.
7,14,21,28
4,8,12,16,20,24,28
If you write four +7’s and seven -4’s, they cancel out. Given that that is 11 digits, do it twice and you have your answer.
Eight +7’s
Fourteen -4’s
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