SOLUTION: 1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17+19 =100cancel 5 number get50

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Question 1063419: 1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17+19 =100cancel 5 number get50
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1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17+19 =100cancel 5 number get50
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It's a sum of odd numbers.
There are 10 of them --> an even sum.
Deleting 5 leaves 5, an odd number.
The sum of any 5 odd numbers is an odd number.
50 is not possible.
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Stated a different way:
Pick 5 of the numbers that add to 50.
Not possible.

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