only q 21 Quick!! help!!
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i didn't get what they meant by 'adjacent'
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since numbers adjacent to 5 have sum as 9
confirmed that 5 isn't in the middle cause then the sum of rest would exceed 9
5 has to be somewhere at the sides
CASE 1: if its between 1,2 then middle number would be 6
CASE 2:if its between 2,4 middle number would be 3 (this isn't possible as 3 is already placed)
CASE 3: if its between 4,3 middle number would be 2 (this isn't possible as 2 is already placed)
CASE 4:if its between 3,1 middle number would be 5 (this isn't possible as 5 is already placed)
therefore only 1 satisfies
so 5 is between 1,2 and 6 is in middle
so the sum would be
5+7+8+9=29
option E
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