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#376 2006-01-11 20:58:32
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Probelm # k + 85
If u and v are the roots of the equation x² + ax + b = 0, what are roots of the equation x² -ax + b = 0?
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#377 2006-01-12 02:02:37
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That's an interesting one. I think it's something like this:
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#378 2006-01-12 03:16:41
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I'm not sure, this is what I get:
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"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
#379 2006-01-12 04:09:16
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I think our answers are the same, and I've just taken a long way round. 
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#380 2006-01-12 07:34:24
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Yea, I guess they are. They looked completely different at first glance.
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#385 2006-01-15 11:15:28
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darn that k+42, I just cant figure it. Please someone, put me out of my misery. I think that you have to incorporate a geometric series somehow, but everything that I try turns to nonsense.
#386 2006-01-15 11:47:28
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Yes, k+42 is an incredibly difficult one. I think it could probably be solved brutally by getting excel to do all the calculations for you, but it's still tough.
Also, I think your answer to k+40 is wrong. I remember it being much smaller.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#387 2006-01-15 15:12:47
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I didn't check if this one has already been solved, but since irspow asked about it, I gave it a go.
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#388 2006-01-15 16:13:17
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Four days Pongal break, and so many solutions posted! I shall reply to all of them after I return from Holiday on Jan 16. mathsyperson is right, irspow's solution to problem # k + 40 isn't correct. It is much smaller. . Same about ryos' solution to problem # k + 42.
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#389 2006-01-16 16:02:39
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irspow's solution to Problem # k + 59 is correct. I shall wait for some more time before posting the solutions to unanswered problems.
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#390 2006-01-16 16:11:31
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Problem # k + 86
Out of the total 390 students studying in a college of Arts and Science, boys and girls are in the ratio of 7 : 6 respectively and the number of students studying Arts and Science are in the ratio of 3 : 7 respectively. The boys and girls studying Arts are in the ratio of 4 : 5 respectively. How many boys are studying Science?
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#391 2006-01-16 16:42:03
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Excellent, irspow's solution to problem # k + 48 is correct too!
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#393 2006-01-17 18:36:28
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Well done, irspow 
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#394 2006-02-15 01:08:05
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Problem # k + 87
Prove that there exists atleast one multiple of 5 between 10^k and 10^k+1 where k is a Natural number.
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#395 2006-02-15 01:42:22
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"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
#396 2006-02-15 18:18:31
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I made a mistake while posting problem # k + 87.
The problem should have read 'Prove that there exists atleast one power of 5 between 10^k and 10^k+1 where k is a Natural number.
Problem # k + 88
Show that the sum of any number of terms of the series
1/1*2, 1/2*3, 1/3*4, 1/4*5, 1/5*6,................ is less than 1.
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#397 2006-02-16 02:11:01
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Problem # k + 89
In a bolt factory, machines A, B, and C manufacture respectively 25%, 35% and 40% of the total bolts. Of their output, 5, 4 and 2 percent are respectively defective bolts. A bolt is drawn at random. If the bolt drawn is found to be defective, what is the probability that it is manufactured by machine B?
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#398 2006-02-16 05:12:39
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#399 2006-02-16 08:10:32
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ganesh wrote:
I made a mistake while posting problem # k + 87.
The problem should have read 'Prove that there exists atleast one power of 5 between 10^k and 10^k+1 where k is a Natural number.
Ah. That makes more sense. I thought there was a mistake somewhere because as it was, the proof was really obvious, so it didn't seem sensible.
I've got a vague idea for k+88, but I'll wait for it to mature a bit more before posting it.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.