The sum of 13 different positive whole numbers is 92. What are these numbers?
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13
add up to 91. So, it looks like we have
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14
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To find the 13 positive whole numbers that sum up to 92, we can start by creating a list of consecutive whole numbers starting from 1 and adding them up until we reach 92. Let's begin:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 = 91
However, this sum is one less than the target value of 92. Therefore, we need to add 1 more to the list of numbers:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 1 = 92
So, the 13 positive whole numbers that sum up to 92 are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.
To find the 13 different positive whole numbers that have a sum of 92, we can use a method called trial and error. We'll start by considering the smallest possible whole number, which is 1. We'll add consecutive numbers until we reach a sum of 92.
1 + 2 = 3
1 + 2 + 3 = 6
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 21
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 = 28
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = 36
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 45
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 = 55
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 = 66
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 = 78
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 = 91
At this point, we have a sum of 91. To reach a sum of 92, we need to add 1 to any of the numbers. We'll add 1 to the last number.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 1 = 92
So, the 13 different positive whole numbers that have a sum of 92 are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.