document.write( "Question 151039: 'A man wanted to get into his work building, but he had forgotten his code.
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document.write( "The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen.\r
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document.write( "The fourth number is one more than the second number.\r
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document.write( "The second number plus the third number equals ten.\r
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document.write( "The sum of all five numbers is 30.'\r
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document.write( "What were the five numbers and in what order?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #110946 by Fombitz(32388)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the code be ABCDE. \n" ); document.write( "1. \n" ); document.write( "2. \n" ); document.write( "3. \n" ); document.write( "4. \n" ); document.write( "5. \n" ); document.write( "Let's see if we can get each number in terms of B. \n" ); document.write( "From 3, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "From 4, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "From 2, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "From 1 and 4, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Now substitute all of these into 5 and solve for B. \n" ); document.write( "5. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Now go back and find A,C,D,and E. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "His number was 74658. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "The question to ask is how could he remember these find intricate codes but not 5 numbers. \n" ); document.write( " |