SOLUTION: Using 29 cubes, make 5 piles, so that the 1st pile is the sum of the 2nd and 3rd pile. The 2nd pile is one more than the 5th pile. The 3rd pile is the square root of the 4th pile a
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Question 229390: Using 29 cubes, make 5 piles, so that the 1st pile is the sum of the 2nd and 3rd pile. The 2nd pile is one more than the 5th pile. The 3rd pile is the square root of the 4th pile and the 5th pile is half the 1st pile. How many cubes in each pile?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a=8
b=5
c=3
d=9
e=4
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