Try asking your preferred LLM to solve this? How did it do?
a + b + c = 5.88
abc = 5.88
If you are treating it as actual cents though, I don't think there's an exact answer as a/100,b/100 and c/100 will come out of the factors of 588 and I just don't see getting enough big numbers to add up to 588.
then works through it with the kind of faulty thought process that I'd expect from a student who squeaks through an intro physics class and gets a D grade.
It give me 2.7, 1.1, and 0.22 which don't multiply or add to 5.88.
I told it was wrong, it gave me some numbers that summed right but multiplied wrong, pointed that out and it gave
1.20, 1.50, 3.18 which sums right and multiples to 5.724 which is a little low.
Phi-4 (unsloth's dynamic 4-bit version) keeps trying random and repeating numbers with no particular strategy. Adding Maharshi's "contemplative prompt" did not really change anything.