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31/08/2018 at 07:04

Ali has 5 consecutive numbers while Ben has 7 consecutive numbers, none of the Ali’s number is in the group of Ben’s numbers. If the second number of Ali’s number is 5 and the sum of Ali’s and Ben’s numbers are 128. What is the largest number of Ben’s number?

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Nguyễn Viết Trung Nhân 23/03/2020 at 03:30

Ali's smallest number is:

5 - 1 = 4

The total of Ben's numbers is:

128 - {[4 + (4 + 4)] x 5 : 2} = 98

Ben's largest number is:

98 : 7 + 3 = 17

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