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At the finals of a contest with 5 participants, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 . Before the

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At the finals of a contest with 5 participants, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 . Before the results, 6 mischievous persons A,B,C,D,E & F got hold of the results and announced the sum of 4 of the contestants each as 220,260,230,240,210 and 250 respectively. However, one of them made a mistake in the addition. Also, the organizers decided to award Rs 10,000 for each point scored by a contestant. (The scores are integers) If exact scores of each contestant are needed and they are in no particular order, then how many scores can be determined?

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