document.write( "Question 362442: A man wanted to get into his work building, but he had forgotten his Code. However, he did remember five clues. These are what those clues were:\r
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A man wanted to get into his work building, but he had forgotten his Code. However, he did remember five clues. These are what those clues were:
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document.write( "Let A = 1st number.\r\n" );
document.write( "Let B = 2nd number.\r\n" );
document.write( "Let C = 3rd number.\r\n" );
document.write( "Let D = 4th number.\r\n" );
document.write( "Let E = 5th number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen.\r\n" );
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document.write( "E + C = 14\r\n" );
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document.write( "The fourth number is one more than the second number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "D = B + 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "The first number is one less than twice the second number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "A = 2B - 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "The second number plus the third number equals ten.\r\n" );
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document.write( "B + C = 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of all five numbers is 30.\r\n" );
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document.write( "A + B + C + D + E = 30\r\n" );
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document.write( "What were the five numbers and in what order?\r\n" );
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document.write( "(1)  E + C = 14\r\n" );
document.write( "(2)  D = B + 1\r\n" );
document.write( "(3)  A = 2B - 1\r\n" );
document.write( "(4)  B + C = 10\r\n" );
document.write( "(5)  A + B + C + D + E = 30\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the equations up so that corresponding \r\n" );
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document.write( "(1)            C     + E = 14\r\n" );
document.write( "(2)       -B     + D     =  1\r\n" );
document.write( "(3)  A  - 2B             = -1\r\n" );
document.write( "(4)        B + C         = 10\r\n" );
document.write( "(5)  A  +  B + C + D + E = 30\r\n" );
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document.write( "A=7, B=4, C=6, D=5, E=8\r\n" );
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