Crack the Code: A Puzzle Challenge!

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In summary, a man shared a puzzle on his website with five clues to figure out a code to his work building. The clues involved various mathematical relationships between the five numbers, with a final sum of 30. The correct answer was successfully guessed by someone.
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I posted this on my website a couple days ago. I like puzzles a lot, so I figured I would share it here and see how many people could figure it out; enjoy!;)
A man wanted to get into his work building, but he had forgotten his code. However, he did remember five clues. These are what those clues were:

The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen.

The fourth number is one more than the second number.

The first number is one less than twice the second number.

The second number plus the third number equals ten.

The sum of all five numbers is 30.

What were the five numbers and in what order?
 
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Hello, Farmtalk!

A man wanted to get into his work building, but he had forgotten his code.
However, he did remember five clues. These are what those clues were:

[1] The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen.

[2] The fourth number is one more than the second number.

[3] The first number is one less than twice the second number.

[4] The second number plus the third number equals ten.

[5] The sum of all five numbers is 30.

What were the five numbers and in what order?

Let [tex]a,b,c,d,e[/tex] . . be the five numbers, in that order.We are given:

. . [tex][1] \;e+c \,=\,14[/tex]

. . [tex][2]\;d \,=\,b+1[/tex]

. . [tex][3]\;a \,=\,2b-1[/tex]

. . [tex][4]\;b+c \:=\:10[/tex]

. . [tex][5]\;a+b+c+d+e \,=\,30[/tex]From [5], we have: .[tex]a + b + d + (e+c) \:=\:30[/tex]

Since [tex]e+c\,=\,14[/tex] . , we have: .[tex]a+b+d+14 \:=\:30[/tex]
. . Hence: .[tex]a+b+d \:=\:16 [/tex]

Substitute [3] and [2]: .[tex](2b-1) + b+ (b+1) \:=\:16[/tex]

. . [tex]4b \:=\:16 \quad\Rightarrow\quad b \,=\,4[/tex]Substitute into [3]: .[tex]a \:=\:2b-1 \quad\Rightarrow\quad a \,=\,7[/tex]

Substitute into [4]: .[tex]c \:=\:10-b \quad\Rightarrow\quad c \,=\,6[/tex]

Substitute into [2]: .[tex]d \:=\:b+1 \quad\Rightarrow\quad d \,=\,5[/tex]

Substitute into [3]: .[tex]e \:=\:14-c \quad\Rightarrow\quad e \,=\,8[/tex]Therefore, the code is [tex]74658.[/tex]
 
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That's the number I got! CORRECT! ;)
 

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