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#1 2010-06-22 18:32:04
- vimal
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pls provide me solution
A 31" x 31" square metal plate needs to be fixed by a carpenter on to a wooden board. The carpenter uses nails all along the edges of the square such that there are 32 nails on each side of the square. Each nail is at the same distance from the neighboring nails. How many nails does the carpenter use?
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#2 2010-06-22 18:41:03
- bobbym
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Re: pls provide me solution
Hi vimal;
Ho, ho, I think I really nailed that problem down.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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