Problem

2004 AIME II Problem 14

Consider a string of n 7's, 7777\cdots77, into which + signs are inserted to produce an arithmetic expression. For example, 7+77+777+7+7=875 could be obtained from eight 7's in this way. For how many values of n is it possible to insert + signs so that the resulting expression has value 7000?

Leading zeroes must be inputted, so if your answer is 34, then input 034


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