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The Haybaler Problem

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THe Haybaler problem: Problem Statement: We have 5 bales of hay. We don’t know how much they weigh. When they are weighed in pairs, their weights are 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, and 91. Your initial task is to find is to find out how much each bale weighs. Is your answer the only possible set of weights? Explain how you know Process: What did you do first? First I put the bales in order then I make up a number, and keep going until it did not work anymore Why? I did this because What did you do next? Why? What did you do to get your answer? Why? First, I put the bales in order. I added A+B, A+C, A+D, A+E, B+C, B+D, etc. This was to keep from getting confused later on. I assigned the weights from the book to the sums

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