On Aug 12, 4:33 am, Paul Rubin <no.em...@nospam.invalid> wrote: > Baba <raoul...@gmail.com> writes: > > exercise: given that packs of McNuggets can only be bought in 6, 9 or > > 20 packs, write an exhaustive search to find the largest number of > > McNuggets that cannot be bought in exact quantity. > > Is that a homework problem? Hint: first convince yourself that a > largest number actually exists.
If I recall, this was a "puzzler" on the NPR radio show "Car Talk". Still might be homework, though. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
