Most of the Classics look too difficult for me to be able to solve, but this week’s looked like I could approach it. No code required, either.
Here’s the question:
Five friends … are playing the … Lottery, in which each must choose exactly five numbers from 1 to 70. After they all picked their numbers, the first friend notices that no number was selected by two or more friends. Unimpressed, the second friend observes that all 25 selected numbers are composite (i.e., not prime). Not to be outdone, the third friend points out that each selected number has at least two distinct prime factors. After some more thinking, the fourth friend excitedly remarks that the product of selected numbers on each ticket is exactly the same. …
What is the product of the selected numbers on each ticket?
There might be a neat, elegant way of solving this, but I chipped away at it bit by bit.