"if 2+6+10+14+18+22+26+30+34+38=200 then find any five among it number whose sum is 100 and one number should not be repeated more than once"
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Shaswata Roy
·2013-05-29 08:37:37
Are you sure about the question?
Let the numbers be \mathbf{2+a_{1}d , 2+a_{2}d , 2+a_{3}d , 2+a_{4}d } \textbf{ and } \mathbf{2+a_{5}d}
Let \mathbf{S=a_{1}+a_{2}+a_{3}+a_{4}+a_{5}}
Therefore,
\mathbf{10+4S=100,\rightarrow S=22.5}
which is not possible since S is an integer.