Developing Software Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sam Lloyd's Puzzle

 

 

Sam Lloyd was a puzzlist from USA. He was born in 1841 and died in 1911. He published puzzles in magazines around the turn of the century. You can solve 'How can you score exactly fifty points?' by writing a program.

 

 

Exercise 10.1

Write a program to solve the puzzle

 

Store the 10 numbers in an array

 

The computer must check

Ø      Does any single number equal 50?

Ø      Does the addition of any two numbers equal 50 (there are at least 45 additions)

Ø      Does the addition of any three number equal 50?(there could be at least 120 additions)

 

There is only one answer

 

 

 

This is due 7^th March