Problem 51251. Locate a family on a long street

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They notice that the sum of the numbers on the houses to the left of theirs equals the sum of the numbers to the right. </div><div style="block-size: 63.5px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 31.75px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 31.75px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 82.7083px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 82.7083px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">Write a function that takes <img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="nmax" style="width: 27px; height: 20px;" width="27" height="20"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 281.6px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 281.6px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">, the maximum number of houses on the street, and returns the largest possible number of houses and the number of the house where the family of Matilda and Labrun lives. For example, if <img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="nmax" style="width: 27px; height: 20px;" width="27" height="20"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 46.8667px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 46.8667px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> = 10, then the function should find that the street has 8 houses and Matilda and Labrun live in house 6 because 1+2+3+4+5 = 7+8 = 15.</div><div style="block-size: 42px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 21px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 21px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 157.158px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 157.158px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">Henry Dudeney posed a version of this problem in <span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 52.9083px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 52.9083px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">Strand Magazine<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 79.3417px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 79.3417px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> in the early part of the 20<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 5.83333px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 5.83333px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">th<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 69.4917px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 69.4917px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> century. Although the connections might not be immediately clear, you might try Cody Problems <a target='_blank' href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/groups/25/problems/1215">1215</a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 3.88333px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 3.88333px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">, <a target='_blank' href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/8057">8057</a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 17.5px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 17.5px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">, and <a target='_blank' href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/45253">45253</a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 25.2833px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 25.2833px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> as well.</div></div></div>

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