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How many solutions, in positive integers less than 10, does the equation x + y + z = 20have?

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Solution: 36 solutions.

Analysis: As we have a sum of three integers equal to 20 and less than 10, we know the integers have to be between 2 and 9 (1 and 0 don't apply because the sum wouldn't be equal to 20 between three integers.

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