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#176 Puzzles and Games » x, y, and z » 2008-05-21 23:20:42

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Given that  x, y,  and z are real numbers that satisfy:

find  x+y+z

#178 Help Me ! » A convex hexagon » 2008-04-25 03:08:47

tony123
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A convex hexagon with sides 3x, 3x, 3x, 5x, 5x and 5x is inscribed in a unit circle. Find
the value of x.

#180 Help Me ! » What is the probability » 2008-04-20 21:03:54

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Rick, Dan and Alan play table tennis with two players at one side of the table and the third one at the other side. Dan and Alan playing together beat Rick three times as often as Rick beats them, Dan wins the game against Rick and Alan as often as he loses it, and Alan wins the game against Rick and Dan twice as often as he loses it. Last time they played six games during the afternoon, two in each arrangement of players. What is the probability that Rick won at least once?

#181 Puzzles and Games » Jenny » 2008-04-19 20:21:07

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Jenny and Kenny are walking in the same direction, Kenny at 3 feet per second and Jenny at 1 foot per second, on parallel paths that are 200 feet apart. A tall circular building 100 feet in diameter is centered midway between the paths. At the instant when the building first blocks the line of sight between Jenny and Kenny, they are 200 feet apart. Let T be the amount of time, in seconds, before Jenny and Kenny can see each other again. If T is written as a fraction in lowest terms, what is the sum of the numerator and denominator?

#183 Puzzles and Games » three sides of a triangle » 2008-04-01 03:10:45

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Let

be the three sides of a  triangle , and let

, be the angles opposite them. If
,

find

#184 Puzzles and Games » Find the smallest positive » 2008-03-26 05:27:50

tony123
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Find the smallest positive integer solution to


.

#186 Exercises » Determine all triples » 2008-03-20 07:58:59

tony123
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Determine all triples

, satisfying
,

#187 Exercises » Determine all real x » 2008-03-19 08:07:23

tony123
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Determine all real x

such that


is an integer for any integer n.

#188 Puzzles and Games » convex pentagon » 2008-03-19 07:07:05

tony123
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Let ABCDE be a convex pentagon such that BC = CD = DE
and each diagonal of the pentagon is parallel to one of its sides. Prove that
all the angles in the pentagon are equal, and that all sides are equal

#189 Puzzles and Games » Find all solutions » 2008-03-18 10:22:45

tony123
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Find all solutions of

sin x + sin 2x = sin 4x

#190 Puzzles and Games » ten numbers » 2008-03-18 09:48:48

tony123
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Given ten numbers 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13,
one must cross
out several of them so that the total of any of the remaining numbers would
not be an exact square
(that is, the sum of any two, three, four, : : :, and of
all the remaining numbers would not be an exact square).

At most how many numbers can remain?

#191 Help Me ! » regular pentagon » 2008-03-17 08:20:03

tony123
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Let a be the length of a side and b be
the length of a diagonal in the regular pentagon
PQRST. Prove that


b/a - a/b=1

#193 Help Me ! » solve » 2008-03-11 22:31:18

tony123
Replies: 2

solve

i know its 4 but how

#196 Puzzles and Games » midlines » 2008-03-04 07:31:37

tony123
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Prove that if both midlines of a quadrilateral halve its area then the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.

#197 Puzzles and Games » triangle ABC » 2008-03-03 22:04:28

tony123
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a triangle ABC,D ∈ AC, m< A = 4x°, m< C = 3x°, m< CBD = 5x°,

and AB = CD. Find x°


(Here m< means "the degree of angle)

x° (xdeg)

#198 Help Me ! » find x » 2008-02-29 08:23:14

tony123
Replies: 8

x is acute angle and

find x

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