2005 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 13
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Problem
The regular 5-point star 
is drawn and in each vertex, there is a number. Each 
and 
are chosen such that all 5 of them came from set 
. Each letter is a different number (so one possible way is 
). Let 
be the sum of the numbers on 
and 
, and so forth. If 
and 
form an arithmetic sequence (not necessarily in increasing order), find the value of 
.
Solution
. The sum 
will always be 
, so the arithmetic sequence has a sum of 
. Since is the middle term, it must be the average of the five numbers, of 
.
See also
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