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Minimum number of partitions required for obtaining all numbers from $1$ to $n$

I took part in a coding contest organized by a club in my college for freshers, In one of the problems it was asked to find out the minimum number of partitions of a number $n$, so that all the ...
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Number of solutions number theory problem

I am wondering how many nonnegative solutions the following Diophantine equation has: $$x_1+x_2+x_3+\dots+x_n=r$$ if $x_1 \leq x_2 \leq x_3 \leq \dots \leq x_n$ I know if a sequence can be non-...
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Number of positive integral solutions of $a+b+c+d+e=20$ such that $a<b<c<d<e$ and $(a,b,c,d,e)$ is distinct

This is from a previous question paper for an entrance exam I am preparing for. https://www.allen.ac.in/apps/exam-2014/jee-advanced-2014/pdf/JEE-Main-Advanced-P-I-Maths-Paper-with-solution.pdf (Link ...
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