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#126 2008-05-22 01:42:19

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#127 2008-05-22 02:45:07

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Answer to #60:

Your answer is correct, JaneFairfax! Very good!
Buth there's a minor mistake in how you arrived at the answer.


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#128 2008-05-22 03:02:18

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Argh! I didn’t read the question carefully. Sorry, my mistake. tongue

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#129 2008-05-22 03:07:00

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#130 2008-05-22 03:20:19

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#131 2008-05-22 23:17:11

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#63. A block of wood in the form of a cuboid 4" × 9" × 11" has all its six faces painted pink. If the wooden block is cut into 396 cubes of 1" × 1" × 1", how many of these would have pink paint on them?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#132 2008-05-23 03:56:16

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#133 2008-05-23 08:48:37

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#134 2008-05-23 10:07:18

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Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

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#135 2008-05-23 23:16:49

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Solution to #59:
You ought to be correct, JaneFairfax and John E Franklin!
But I had the series of side total of a magic square, commencing with a 3x3 magic square using number 1-9, in my mind!

Solution to #63:
Well done, mathsyperson!

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#136 2008-05-24 02:58:36

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#64. A snail creeps 9 ft up a wall during the daytime. After all the labor it does throughout the day, it stops to rest a while... but falls asleep!! The next morning it wakes up and discovers that it has slipped down 6 ft while sleeping.

If this happens every day, how many days will the snail take to reach the top of a wall 63 ft in height?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#137 2008-05-24 10:28:01

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#138 2008-05-24 18:03:28

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Answer to #64:
You are correct, John E. Franklin! Well done!


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#139 2008-05-24 19:37:19

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#65. Roland, Marc and Pierrette are three children in the same family.
Pierrette is three times Marc's age. In two years, she will be twice the age Roland will have at that time. Roland is a year older than Marc.
How old are the children?

#66. A person can carry sufficient food and water to travel four days in the desert. The planned trip will last six days. Alone, no one can succeed.
How many persons will it take to lead the first person to her destination and to allow the others to return to the starting point?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#140 2008-05-24 22:41:41

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#141 2008-05-24 23:00:33

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"There is not a difference between an in-law and an outlaw, except maybe that an outlaw is wanted" wink

Nisi Quam Primum, Nequequam

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#142 2008-05-24 23:32:02

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Answers to #65 and #66:

Both of you are perfectly right, JaneFairfax and JohnnyReinB!

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#143 2008-05-25 02:57:13

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#144 2008-05-26 00:35:17

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Answer to #29:

Very well done, JaneFairfax! Your answer is perfectly right!

#67. Divide $146 (in whole $ increments) into a number of bags so that I can ask for any amount between $1 and $146, and you can give me the proper amount by giving me a certain number of these bags without opening them. What is the minimum number of bags you will require?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#145 2008-05-26 00:45:01

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Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

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#146 2008-05-26 00:51:40

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Answer to #67:
What you think is right, mathsyperson! Well done!!!


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#147 2008-05-26 01:15:02

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#68. If five persons can sew five dresses in five days,
how many persons can sew fifty dresses in fifty days?

#69. Monique is 24 years old. She is twice the age that Valerie was when Monique was the same age that Valerie is now. How old is Valerie?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#148 2008-05-26 14:05:50

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#149 2008-05-26 17:38:18

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Answer to #68:
JaneFairfax, would you like another opportunity?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#150 2008-05-27 01:03:00

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