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Why is not 33 the answer? I can make a set of 33 zeros and every element is the sum of 32 other elements or in other words every zero is just the summation of other 32 zeros. There is no specification of non-zero numbers or natural numbers or real numbers. The problem is just poorly phrased.
It’s defined that you have to make a set. Remember that though you take many many same elements , those will be count as one element. If you take 33 0’s these will be count as one because you are making a set.
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Please help me to solve it!
We start off assuming favorite number Fv=3 meaning every number in the set is the sum of 3 any other numbers from the set. Minimum elements for this set will be 8(Try yourself). If Fv=4 we get minimum(E) = 8
Again we keep the same process for Fv=5 and Fv=6. Then we see a pattern between Fv and minimum(E). Finally we can determine min(E) for Fv=32
{-3, -2, -1,0,1,2,3} Also works for Fv=3
.So the minimum(E) =7?