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Missing Pages (Posted on 2009-11-13)

A chunk of pages is missing from a book. The sum of the missing page numbers is 9808. What are those page numbers?

See The Solution Submitted by Brian Smith

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Easy, Virginia

Comment 7 of 7 |

a1 ==> first page - odd number
ak ==> last page even
av=average= 1/2* (a1+ak )= odd number of halves

9808=16*613=32*306.5

There are 32 page numbers missing (16 sheets),:

a1=306-15=291

ak=307+15=322

Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2009-11-14 02:48:24

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