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Hi Deivy,

You actually have two sets only. 

A = {500,500,500,500,500,500}

and 

B = {600,600,600,600,600}

The best way to see it is this. 

Average is the sum divided by the number of elements, right?

Therefore, in any case, you can have at most 6 elements and at least 5 elements. This means that you have to have corresponding averages of 500 and 600. 

Looking at set A, the only way that you can achieve the average value of 500 is that all are equal to 500. Otherwise, you will have elements going below 500, which is not acceptable.

A similar argument is valid for set B.

Hope this helps.

Deivy <deivy71@gmail.com> wrote in message <4d2b33d7-9115-449a-bd83-5ec410153f0b@h8g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>...
> 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.