SOLUTION: 1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17+19=100 now pick any 5 digits which make the sum of 50 ?
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Question 252440
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1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17+19=100 now pick any 5 digits which make the sum of 50 ?
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It's not possible. The sum of an odd number of odd numbers is always odd.
There are combinations of 4 or 6 of the numbers that total 50, but not 5 of them.