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Recover five numbers from their ten pair sums

Question

Five real numbers a,b,c,d,ea,b,c,d,e (repeats allowed) have the following ten pairwise sums, listed here from largest to smallest: 22, 22, 19, 16, 14, 13, 13, 11, 11, 5.22,\ 22,\ 19,\ 16,\ 14,\ 13,\ 13,\ 11,\ 11,\ 5. What do the squares of the five numbers add up to?

Short answer

14054\tfrac{1405}{4}. Each number appears in four sums, so the total is 146/4=36.5146/4=36.5. With a≤b≤c≤d≤ea\le b\le c\le d\le e: a+b=5a+b=5, d+e=22d+e=22 gives c=9.5c=9.5; a+c=11a+c=11 and c+e=22c+e=22 give a=1.5a=1.5, e=12.5e=12.5, hence b=3.5b=3.5, d=9.5d=9.5. These reproduce the list, and the squares add to 351.25=14054351.25=\tfrac{1405}{4}.

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