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South Africa counting and probability
Problem
How many different numbers can be written as the product of two or more of the numbers , , , , , , ?
Solution
The required numbers are of the form , where and . This gives two possible values of , three of , three of , two of , and four of , making a total of possible numbers if we ignore the last restriction. To satisfy it, we must exclude one possibility with and five possibilities with , so the final total is .
Final answer
138
Techniques
Inclusion-exclusion