Find the average of all the 3-digit integers that can be formed using each of the digits { 1 , 4 , 5 , 7 , 8 , 9 } at most once in each number.
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After a number n is picked for the hundreds column, there are 5 options for the tens place and 4 options for the units place, so there are 5 × 4 = 2 0 possible combinations with n as the first digit. So adding up only the hundreds digits of all of the 3 digit integers of every possible n , we get 2 0 × 1 0 0 ( 1 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 8 + 9 ) We can then do the same for the tens and units places, so the total sum of all the integers together is 2 0 × 1 0 0 ( 1 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 8 + 9 ) + 2 0 × 1 0 ( 1 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 8 + 9 ) + 2 0 × 1 ( 1 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 8 + 9 ) = 7 5 4 8 0 We can pick from 6 numbers for the first digit, from 5 remaining numbers for the second digit and from 4 remaining numbers for the last digit, so the total number of 3-digit integers we can form is 6 × 5 × 4 = 1 2 0 . Therefore the average is: 1 2 0 7 5 4 8 0 = 6 2 9
Mathematica
Mean[FromDigits/@Permutations[{1,4,5,7,8,9},{3}]]
returns 629
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Partial Solution:
The average is 6 × 5 × 4 ( 1 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 8 + 9 ) × 5 × 4 × 1 1 1 = 6 2 9 .