document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=17639>Question 17639</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Q? using only  five odd numbers, add them up so that the result is 32, the five odd numbers have to be whole numbers only. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "       5 odd numbers can never add up to an even<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number .it is impossible.that is why ,i thought there<BR>\n" );
document.write( "might be some error in your question and gave the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer assuming 6 numbers.you can understand this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "taking 1,2,3,4,5,6..etc odd numbers add them and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check.mathematically..an odd number is given by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2n+1..so 5 times that is 5(2n+10)=10n+5..10n being<BR>\n" );
document.write( "always even ,when 5 is added to it it will become odd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and never even .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it is only by guess you can do taking first 5 consecutive  positive odd numbers to get a sum of above 32 we get 3+5+7+9+11=35..so we take -1+1+5+7+9+11=32..as the answer  </SPAN>\n" );
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