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From: Deivy <deivy71@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.matlab
Subject: Re: Generating Random numbers
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:58:01 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi Arun,
Thanks for the reply.

Thanks Deivy


On Jul 2, 1:53 pm, arun <aragorn1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 2, 1:24 pm, Deivy <deiv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Group,
> > I would like to generate a set of numbers between 500 and 600 so that
> > the total of them would be 3000.
> > How many numbers to generate is unknown but the generated numbers
> > should be within the range of 500 to 600 they should total to 3000.
> > How do I do this in matlab.
> > Could someone help me with this.
>
> > A small script that accomplishes this task is highly appreciated.
>
> > Thank you,
> > Regards,
> > Deivy
>
> 3000 = 500 * 6 = 600 * 5.
>
> so, the numbers you generate should be able to accomplish the task of
> getting a sum of 3000 in 5 or 6 random numbers, otherwise the sum
> would exceed 3000. so, its either 5 or 6. and they are not random, I
> suppose.. unless the sum is >= 3000 but not == 3000.
>
> best,
> arun.