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by thephoenix » Thu May 13, 2010 2:09 am
pqr is 145
and q is 4
p!=1!=1
q!=4!=24
r!=5!=120
total=145
hence q is 4
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by mitaliisrani » Thu May 13, 2010 2:16 am
thephoenix wrote:pqr is 145
and q is 4
p!=1!=1
q!=4!=24
r!=5!=120
total=145
hence q is 4[/quote


Hey thanks but can you tell me your approach to this sum as in how you thought of the number to be 145
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by mitaliisrani » Thu May 13, 2010 2:24 am
thephoenix wrote:pqr is 145
and q is 4
p!=1!=1
q!=4!=24
r!=5!=120
total=145
hence q is 4
Hey thanks but can you tell me your approach to this sum as in how you thought of the number to be 145
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by thephoenix » Thu May 13, 2010 2:26 am
mitaliisrani wrote:
thephoenix wrote:pqr is 145
and q is 4
p!=1!=1
q!=4!=24
r!=5!=120
total=145
hence q is 4
Hey thanks but can you tell me your approach to this sum as in how you thought of the number to be 145
my approach was hit and trial
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by gmatmachoman » Thu May 13, 2010 6:44 am
thephoenix wrote:
mitaliisrani wrote:
thephoenix wrote:pqr is 145
and q is 4
p!=1!=1
q!=4!=24
r!=5!=120
total=145
hence q is 4
Hey thanks but can you tell me your approach to this sum as in how you thought of the number to be 145
my approach was hit and trial
I did backsolving!!I am eager to see some algerbraic approach!
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