document.write( "Question 799804: How i Add any five odd numbers which is lie between 1 to 20, and sum of that five number is 50. \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Cannot be done. The sum of two odd numbers is an even number, the sum of two even numbers is an even number and the sum of an odd number and and even number is an odd number.\r
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the first odd number in the range 1 to 20 and then

be the other four odd numbers.\r
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and

, the sum

must be even since both of the addends are odd.\r
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must also be even, and furthermore

must then be even because both addends are even.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then, since the sum of the first four is necessarily even, adding the fifth odd number makes the grand total an odd number. But 50 is an even number, hence no solution.\r
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