2015 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 3
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Problem
Kaashish has written down one integer two times and another integer three times. The sum of the five numbers is , and one of the numbers is
. What is the other number?
Solution
Let the first number be and the second be
. We have
. We are given one of the numbers is
. If
were to be
,
would not be an integer, thus
.
, which gives
.
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