Thursday, November 20, 2008

Mathematics Puzzle

Something to make you use your brain for few moments.

A man wanted to get into his work building. Everyday his boss used to give five clues which will give a 5 digit no. as a secret key to enter the building's secured door. These are what those clues were, now try your hand on this....:

The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen.

The fourth number is one more than the second number..

The first number is one less than twice the second number.

The second number plus the third number equals ten.

The sum of all five numbers is 30.

What were the five numbers and in what order?

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