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#26 2005-07-19 16:51:33

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Re: Problems and Solutions

Problem #6

A salesman's commission is 5% on all sales up to $10,000 and 4% on all sales exceeding this. He remits $31,100 to his parent company after deducting his commission. His sales was worth $_________.


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#27 2005-07-19 19:06:43

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

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#28 2005-07-19 19:16:37

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S = Sales
C = Commission
R = Remittance to Company after sales

For S <= $10,000, C = 0.05S
For S >   $10,000, C = 500 + 0.04(S-10,000)

R = S - C

Now, we know that R = 31,100

So ... sorry, gotta go!


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#29 2005-07-19 19:25:30

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31,100 = S - [500+0.04(s-10,000)]
31,100 = S -[500 + 0.04s - 400]
31,100 = S - 100 - 0.04s
31,200 = 0.96 S
S = 31,200 / 0.96
S = 32,500 smile


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#30 2005-07-19 21:58:49

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#7
The ratio of annual incomes of two persons is 9:7 and the ratio of their annual expenditure is 4:3. Each of them saves $2000 yearly. Find their annual incomes.


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#31 2005-07-20 03:10:35

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Wow, four simultaneous equations...


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#32 2005-07-20 09:41:07

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BY THE WAY, since my little {hide}{/hide} tag is getting used a bit, it will soon become too late to rename it to {popup} or {boing} or whatever.

So, is "hide" the best name, then (even though it is just hidden under a little button)


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#33 2005-07-20 11:14:20

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For MathIsFuns lake problem I got 6,931,471.8055994530941723212145818 liters of water that needs to be added.

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#34 2005-07-20 12:37:45

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There's a Hide tag?!


Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.

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#35 2005-07-20 18:18:16

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im really bored wrote:

For MathIsFuns lake problem I got 6,931,471.8055994530941723212145818 liters of water that needs to be added.

Was that with calculus or a more accurate version of my method?


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#36 2005-07-20 19:21:56

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Nope no calculas or your method, I just got a tip from a friend that its related to the natural log of 2, which is 0.69314718055994530941723212145818.

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#37 2005-07-20 19:27:16

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mathsyperson wrote:

Wow, four simultaneous equations...

There are only two:-
9x - 4y = 2,000
7x - 3y = 2,000

Solving for 'x', the annual income of the two can be calculated. They would be 9x and 7x. smile

Last edited by Jai Ganesh (2005-07-20 19:27:58)


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#38 2005-07-21 16:35:07

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Which is greater?
Cos (Sin A) or Sin (Cos A)?


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#39 2005-07-21 17:57:18

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Degrees, radians or grads?

I can tell just by thinking about it the answer for degrees and grads, but if you're working with radians, there might be a few exceptions, though I doubt it.


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#40 2005-07-21 18:14:40

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Oooh ... (reaches for Excel) ...

cos(sin(a)) fluctuates between 0.734664609.. and 1
sin(cos(a)) fluctuates between 0.841470985.. and -0.841470985..

They cross over first at about 28.9° (0.5031796.. radians), then back again at 331.1° (5.779671333.. radians)

Now, are 0.734664609..,  0.841470985.. or 0.5031796.. magical numbers?


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#41 2005-07-21 18:51:40

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Plotting cos(sin a) against sin(cos a) in Excel gives a smiley mouth. The important thing, though, is to see whether one is always bigger than the other, and this graph cannot do that.

I plotted radian value against cos(sin a)-sin(cos a) and I got a beautiful swirly pattern. This pattern always stayed above 0, so cos(sin a) is always bigger than sin(cos a).


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#42 2005-07-21 20:52:37

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Cos(Sin A) is always greater than Sin (Cos A),
as rightly pointed out by Mathsy!
We shall test this for three values in the first quadrant, in degrees.
First, 0.01°.
Cos (Sin A) > Sin(CosA).
Next, for 45°
Again, Cos (Sin A) > Sin(CosA).
Finally, for 89.9°
Yet again, we get the same result.
I shall try to search for a proof, or prove it myself!


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#43 2005-07-21 21:02:16

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Ooops, my bad in some calculations.

Yes, I see same result now.

I will make up for my mistake by posting this nice graph that mathsy talked about:

z2.gif


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#44 2005-07-21 22:07:33

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Thank you, Admin, for the neat graph. smile


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#45 2005-07-22 21:55:17

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I just remembered a question asked to me when I participated in a quiz when I was 14 :

A three digit number is written on a window glass,
the difference between the number and as it can be seen from the other side is 693,
what's the number? roll


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#46 2005-07-22 23:04:50

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Well, it has to be made up of 0's 1's and 8's (and maybe 2's and 5's that swap when reversed, depending on the writing style)

I've got

, but there might be others.


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#47 2005-07-29 19:54:39

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Two candles A and B, of equal height but different circumferences, burn for 4 hours and 3 hours respectively. If the two are lit at the same time, after what time would one candle be half the height of the other? smile


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#48 2005-07-29 22:02:39

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This is the closest answer I could find. I get about 3 minutes more than what the picture says.


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#49 2005-07-31 18:54:04

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As always, you are corect, Mathsy!
I shall show how I did it.
Assume both candles are 'h' inches in height.
The height of the first candle reduces by h/4 every hour and that of the second reduces by h/3.
Lets assume in time 't' hours, the first is twice the height of the second.
Therefore,
h - t(h/4) = 2 [h - t(h/3)]
h - ht/4 = 2h - 2ht/3
h = 2ht/3 - ht/4
h = 5ht/12
Cancelling h on both sides,
1 = 5t/12
or t = 12/5
The unit we had taken was hours,
therefore, in 12/5 hours, that is 2 2/5 hours, one will be double the height of the other.
Simplified, it is 2 hours and 24 minutes.


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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#50 2005-08-02 16:10:54

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Problem #n
The distance between two cities is 840 kilometres.
If I start driving from one city to the other at a speed
5 kilometres/hour more than my normal speed,
I save 3 hours. What is my normal speed?


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