Six of King Arthur's knights are sitting around the Round Table eating peanuts. Since each knight suspected the others of not sharing fairly, each one secretly counted his two neighbors' peanuts and summed them up, with the following results (in order) : 20, 28, 36, 44, 52, 60. How many peanuts does the knight who counted 52 have?

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Matias Schwartz

Mathematics

9 March, 12:39

Six of King Arthur's knights are sitting around the Round Table eating peanuts. Since each knight suspected the others of not sharing fairly, each one secretly counted his two neighbors' peanuts and summed them up, with the following results (in order) : 20, 28, 36, 44, 52, 60. How many peanuts does the knight who counted 52 have?

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Denise Contreras · Answer 1

You must add the numbers of the neigbors from the one who counted 52, subtract the number of the one who is opposide and divided by 2.

So i calculate

(44 + 60 - 28) = 38

The knight who counted 52 has 38 peanuts.