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Problem
Ravon, Oscar, Aditi, Tyrone, and Kim play a card game. Each person is given 2 cards out of a set of 10 cards numbered 
The score of a player is the sum of the numbers of their cards. The scores of the players are as follows: Ravon--11, Oscar--4, Aditi--7, Tyrone--16, Kim--17. Which of the following statements is true?
Solution
Oscar must be given 3 and 1, so we rule out 
and 
. If Tyrone had card 7, then he would also have card 9, and then Kim must have 10 and 7 so we rule out 
. If Aditi was given card 4, then she would have card 3, which Oscar already had. So the answer is 
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