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The following exercise comes from a "challenge sheet" that I received from my instructor in beginning algebra many years ago. I believe that this exercise is better suited for intermediate algebra students (if for no other reason than that's when I was able to finally solve it :wink: ), so I've posted it on this board.
PLEASE, if you would like to post any results, then post them HERE, so that everybody has a chance to see the exercise in this thread without solution methods.
Cheers,
~ Mark
Five bales of hay are weighed in pairs in all possible combinations. These weights follow. What are the weights of the five individual bales?
119 lbs.
82 lbs.
99 lbs.
100 lbs.
125 lbs.
117 lbs.
88 lbs.
107 lbs.
111 lbs.
136 lbs.