document.write( "Question 570006: using 0,1,2,3,5,6 only once each, find the starting and ending time of a test if it takes 3 hours and 45 minutes \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Let the test begin at A:BC and end at D:EF\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. The 45 minutes tell us that C and F differ by 5. \r\n" );
document.write( "2. D is 3 more than A, and EF is 45 more than B, or else D is 4 more than A,\r\n" );
document.write( "   and EF is 15 less than BC.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If D is 3 more than A, then A=2, and D=5, for they are the only ones of the\r\n" );
document.write( "given numbers which differ by 3.  So F=1 and C=6, or F=6 and C=1.  So the first\r\n" );
document.write( "case that might seem possible is for the test to begin at 2:01, but that would\r\n" );
document.write( "make the test end at 5:46, but we can't use 4.  The next seemingly possible\r\n" );
document.write( "starting time would be 2:06, but that would make the test end at 5:51, which is\r\n" );
document.write( "out because that uses 5 twice.  Any later starting time would likewise cause 5\r\n" );
document.write( "to be used twice.  So D is not 3 more than A.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So that means D is 4 more than A, and EF is 15 less than BC. \r\n" );
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document.write( "So either A=1 and D=5 or A=2 and D=6\r\n" );
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document.write( "If A=1 and D=5 then none of the other given numbers differ by 5, but C&F must\r\n" );
document.write( "differ by 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore A=2 and D=6, and the only 2 left which differ by 5 are 0 and 5, so\r\n" );
document.write( "either C=5&F=0 or C=0&F=5\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since EF is 15 less than BC, the starting time must be 2:15 or later.  It can't\r\n" );
document.write( "start at 2:15, for it would end at 6:00 which uses two 0's. It can't start at\r\n" );
document.write( "2:20 or 2:25, for they use two 2's. If it started at 2:30 it would end at 6:15.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hey, that is the answer!\r\n" );
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document.write( "But could there be more than one possibility?  Let's see:\r\n" );
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document.write( "It can't start at 2:35 for it would end at 6:20 and that uses 2 twice. There is\r\n" );
document.write( "no 4, so it can't start at 2:40 or 2:45.  It can't start at 2:50 or 2:55\r\n" );
document.write( "because C or F must be 5, so B can't be 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we have ruled out every possibility except one:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The test starts at 2:30 and ends at 6:15.\r\n" );
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