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THE MAN WAS WALKING THROUGH A TRAIN TUNNEL AND WAS ALMOST AT THE END WHEN HE HEARD A WHISTLE AND SPOTTED THE TRAIN COMING TOWARDS HIM. HE THEREFORE HAD TO MOVE FORWARD, TOWARDS THE TRAIN, SO THAT HE COULD JUMP CLEAR SAFELY THE MAN WAS ON A BRIDGE WHEN HE FIRST SAW THE TRAIN SO HE COULDN'T JUMP OFF THE TRACK IMMEDIATELY THE TRAIN IS MOVING AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. IMAGINE THAT A FRIEND IS WALKING WITH YOU. WHEN THE TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS, YOU HEAD AWAY FROM THE TRAIN, HE HEADS TOWARD IT. WHEN HE REACHES SAFETY, YOU WILL BE 6/8 (OR 3/4)OF THE WAY ACROSS THE BRIDGE, AND THE TRAIN WILL HAVE JUST REACHED THE BRIDGE. FOR THE TRAIN TO CROSS 4/4 OF THE BRIDGE IN THE TIME YOU CROSS THE REMAINING 1/4, THE TRAIN MUST BE MOVING FOUR TIMES YOUR SPEED THE SECRET CODE IS 7,4,6,5,8. LET THE NUMBERS = A, B, C, D, E BASED ON 1ST CLUE: E + C = 14 BASED ON 2ND CLUE: A = 2B - 1 BASED ON 3RD CLUE: D = B + 1 BASED ON 4TH CLUE: B + C = 10 BASED ON 5TH CLUE: A + B + C + D + E = 30 ALL NUMBERS CAN BE REPRESENTED BY B EXCEPT FOR E SO WE NEED TO REWRITE EQUATION 1. SUBSTITUTE C = 10 - B FROM EQUATION 4 INTO EQUATION 1. E + (10 - B) = 14 E = B + 4 SUBSTITUTE A,C,D,E IN EQUATION 5 (2B - 1) + B + (10 - B) + (B + 1) + (B + 4) = 30 SOLVING FOR B GIVES 4. USE THE OTHER EQUATIONS TO FIND THE VALUES OF A,C,D AND E