document.write( "Question 769888: there are 100 sweets ,which have to divided into 5 people ,in such way that each person got that sweet in odd number?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #469114 by ramkikk66(644) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( "there are 100 sweets ,which have to divided into 5 people ,in such way that each person got that sweet in odd number?\r\n" ); document.write( "Ans:\r\n" ); document.write( "This is NOT possible. Here's why.\r\n" ); document.write( "Assume that you give some number of odd sweets to the 1st 4 people (any odd \r\n" ); document.write( "number). The sum of the 4 odd numbers *has* to be an even number, because sum of\r\n" ); document.write( "any 2 odd numbers is even.\r\n" ); document.write( "So the 5th person will get (100 - an even number) which can be only an even \r\n" ); document.write( "number. Because 100 is an even number, and the difference of any 2 even numbers\r\n" ); document.write( "is always an even number.\r\n" ); document.write( "So whatever odd numbers you choose, the 5th person will only get an even number \r\n" ); document.write( "of sweets. So it is impossible to give 100 sweets to 5 people with each of them\r\n" ); document.write( "getting an odd number.\r\n" ); document.write( "Hope you got it :)\r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |