1987 AJHSME Problems/Problem 3
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Problem
Solution 2
Find that
Thus
Solution 2
Pair the least with the greatest, second least with the second greatest, etc, until you have five pairs, each adding up to
=
=
=
=
=
. Since we have
pairs, we multiply
by
to get
. But since we have to multiply by 2 (remember the 2 at the beginning of the parentheses!), we get
, which is
.
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