1978 USAMO Problems/Problem 1

Problem

Given that $a,b,c,d,e$ are real numbers such that

$a+b+c+d+e=8$ ,

$a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2+e^2=16$ .

Determine the maximum value of $e$ .

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