Originally Posted by cpr Yes, they have the following: 17, 1, 3, 23, 11. That totals 55 and are all odd unless i've misread it?

That would work if there were only 5 painters but there are 6 painters

also I had already given the answer up above


Answer:
Put 11 tubes in five of the sacks and then put those five sacks into the sixth.