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So, in the illustration, if a stone is removed from the 4 and the 10 circles and added to the 13 circle, the new distribution would be 3 - 9 - 15
Here are five of the ways that 27 stones could be distributed between the three circles :
6 - 9 - 12
3 - 9 - 15
4 - 10 - 13
4 - 9 - 14
2 - 8 - 17
There is always some sequence of "moves" that will turn each distribution into any of the others - apart from one.
Identify the distribution that does not belong with the other four.
Can you be certain that this is actually impossible rather than just hard and so far unsuccessful?
a) A four digit number (in base 10) aabb is a perfect square. Discuss ways of systematically finding this number. (b) Prove that 11^{10}-1 is divisible by 100.