SOLUTION: How do you use only the number 5, 5 times in a equation to equal 17?
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Question 339662: How do you use only the number 5, 5 times in a equation to equal 17?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Any number raised to the zero power = 1.
Keep in mind that 5^0 = 1.
5 + 5 + 5 + 5^0 + 5^0 = 17
15 + 1 + 1 = 17
15 + 2 = 17
17 = 17
The equation is 5 + 5 + 5 + 5^0 + 5^0 = 17
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