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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# If we list all the natural numbers below 10 that are multiples of 3 or 5, we get 3, 5, 6 and 9. The sum of these multiples is 23.
#
# Find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000.
from timeit import default_timer
def main():
start = default_timer()
sum_ = 0
# Simple brute-force approach: try every number between 3 and 999,
# check if it's a multiple of 3 or 5, if yes add it to the total.
for i in range(3, 1000):
if i % 3 == 0 or i % 5 == 0:
sum_ += i
end = default_timer()
print('Project Euler, Problem 1')
print(f'Answer: {sum_}')
print(f'Elapsed time: {end - start:.9f} seconds')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()