TRYING TO FIND THE SEQUENCE TO GET 24 OR -24 AS THE ANSWER USING THESE FOUR NUMBERS 1,-4,-5 AND 2. HAVING TO USE EACH NUMBER ONCE.
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You can't add these numbers to get your answer. If you can add, subtract multiply and divide you could come up with a answer

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How to get 24 or -24 by adding 1, -4,-5 and 2? this is impossible...adding will get you nowhere so i will do it by addition, subtraction, multiplaction,and/or division...

how to get 24 first

-5-2=-7

-7-1=-8

-8(-4)=24

well i tried to figure a way to get -24 and i am unable to get it DX 

hope i helped you ^-^

 

 

 

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