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			45 lines
		
	
	
		
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								id: 5900f4831000cf542c50ff95
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								title: 'Problem 278: Linear Combinations of Semiprimes'
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								challengeType: 5
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								forumTopicId: 301928
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								dashedName: problem-278-linear-combinations-of-semiprimes
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								# --description--
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								Given the values of integers 1 < a1 < a2 <... < an, consider the linear combination q1a1 + q2a2 + ... + qnan = b, using only integer values qk ≥ 0.
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								Note that for a given set of ak, it may be that not all values of b are possible. For instance, if a1 = 5 and a2 = 7, there are no q1 ≥ 0 and q2 ≥ 0 such that b could be 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18 or 23.
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								In fact, 23 is the largest impossible value of b for a1 = 5 and a2 = 7. We therefore call f(5, 7) = 23. Similarly, it can be shown that f(6, 10, 15)=29 and f(14, 22, 77) = 195.
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								Find ∑ f(p*q,p*r,q\*r), where p, q and r are prime numbers and p < q < r < 5000.
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								# --hints--
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								`euler278()` should return 1228215747273908500.
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								```js
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								assert.strictEqual(euler278(), 1228215747273908500);
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								```
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								# --seed--
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								## --seed-contents--
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								```js
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								function euler278() {
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								  return true;
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								}
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								euler278();
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								```
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								# --solutions--
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								```js
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								// solution required
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								```
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