document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1133189>Question 1133189</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a Maple Street the odd numbers are on one side of the street and the even-numbered houses on the other. On one side of Maple Street there are six houses and one vacant allotment. The sum of the numbers on that side is 38. If a house is built on the vacant allotment its number will be\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. 13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. 14 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of the 6 smallest even numbers is 2+4+6+8+10+12 = 42.  Since the sum of the 6 house numbers already on the street is 38, the houses in the problem are not even numbers.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of the 6 smallest odd numbers is 1+3+5+7+9+11 = 36.  For the sum of the house numbers already on the street to be 38, the house numbers have to be 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 13.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the house number of the newly built house is odd -- either answer B (11) or answer C (13).  But 13 is the number of one of the houses already on the street.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the house number of the newly built house will be 11 -- answer B. </SPAN>\n" );
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