document.write( "Question 339662: How do you use only the number 5, 5 times in a equation to equal 17? \n" ); document.write( "

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Any number raised to the zero power = 1.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5 + 5 + 5 + 5^0 + 5^0 = 17\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "15 + 1 + 1 = 17\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "15 + 2 = 17\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "17 = 17\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The equation is 5 + 5 + 5 + 5^0 + 5^0 = 17\r
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