document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1182878>Question 1182878</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Five friends Adam, Bipin, Chen, Dana and Erica all take a maths test. Their<BR>\n" );
document.write( "teacher decides not to tell them their individual marks but gives them the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "following information:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-Adam, Bipin and Chen together scored 200 marks.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-Bipin, Chen and Dana together scored 215 marks.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-Chen, Dana and Erica together scored 224 marks.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-The two girls (Dana and Erica) scored more than Chen.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-The five of them together scored 350 marks and each of them scored a whole<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of marks.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What were their individual scores?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I can only solve Chen, which is 74. Then, I don't know how to solve.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You apparently have done some work on this, so I know you are at least trying to solve the problem yourself.  So I will just give you one more hint that should make solving the rest of the problem easy.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "I will guess that your work was something like this....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A+B+C+D+E = 350<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A+B+C=200, so D+E=150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C+D+E=224, so A+B=126<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A+B+D+E=276, so C=74<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "To finish the problem easily, use this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=74<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C is less than D<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C is less than E<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D+E=150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D and E are both integers<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That should tell you the scores for D and E; then the rest of the problem is easy.<br><BR>\n" );
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