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#2 2005-12-26 11:52:37
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Cayley Contest
I just looked into old Cayley Contests and found that 1997 problem #15 had all four multiple choice answers incorrect, so I sent Waterloo an email.
http://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/english/contests/cayley.shtml
Woops, I made a mistake, I assumed the length of the integer was all zeros except for the
first digit, but actually their solution is right. Oops.
Last edited by John E. Franklin (2005-12-26 12:00:54)
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#4 2005-12-26 19:01:46
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What fun, John! So they will get two emails now?
Some nice questions in there.
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#6 2005-12-27 10:04:09
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I'd guess not. The Cayley contest is for Year 10 people, and I seem to remember John E. Franklin being a considerable amount older. Sorry if I'm wrong, John.
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#7 2005-12-28 05:26:27
- John E. Franklin
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Yes, I sent them a second email telling of my mistake on problem #15, 1997.
mathsyperson is right, I'm in my late 30's.
I simply was trying out some of the problems I found on the internet at the
forementioned address in post #2 of this thread.
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