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Question from Chinonyerem, a student:

Find a bitwise solution (i.e find xi so that each xi ε {0,1}) to
32 = x1 + 2x2 + 4x3 + 9x3 + 20x5

Chinonyerem,

The challenge here is to find a subset of the numbers 1, 2, 4, 9 and 20 that add to 32.

Harley

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