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#1076 2011-07-21 00:42:57
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
#1126. How many cubes of 3 cm edge can be cut out of a cube of 18 cm edge?
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#1077 2011-07-21 00:53:21
- bobbym
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
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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#1078 2011-07-22 00:58:32
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution #1126 is correct. Well done!
#1127. A is twice as good as a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 18 days. In how many days would A alone finish the work?
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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#1079 2011-07-22 01:06:51
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Re: Oral puzzles
hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1080 2011-07-22 01:07:49
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
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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#1081 2011-07-22 01:32:57
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi anonimnystefy and bobbym,
The solution #1127 is correct. Neat job!
#1128. A an do a certain job in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. How many days does B alone take to do the same job?
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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#1082 2011-07-22 01:36:01
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Re: Oral puzzles
hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1083 2011-07-22 01:39:38
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
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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#1084 2011-07-22 17:50:07
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi anonimnystefy and bobbym,
The solution #1128 is perfect. Neat job!
#1129. A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He works at it for 10 days and then B alone finishes the remaining work in 42 days. In how much time would A and B, working together, finish the work?
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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#1085 2011-07-22 17:55:24
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
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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#1086 2011-07-23 00:16:43
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym,
The solution #1129 is perfect. Good work!
#1130. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in half the time taken by A. Then, working together, what part of the same work can they finish in a day?
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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#1087 2011-07-23 00:25:42
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Re: Oral puzzles
hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1088 2011-07-23 01:12:23
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi;
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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#1089 2011-07-23 01:16:58
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi anonimnystefy,
The solution #1130 is correct. Good work!
#1131.
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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#1090 2011-07-23 01:20:53
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi;
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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#1091 2011-07-23 01:21:44
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Re: Oral puzzles
hi ganesh
Last edited by anonimnystefy (2011-07-23 01:21:54)
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1092 2011-07-23 01:58:14
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym and anonimnystefy,
The solution #1131 is
. Excellent, bobbym!#1132. Find the value of
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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#1093 2011-07-23 02:00:33
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
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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#1094 2011-07-23 07:29:08
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Re: Oral puzzles
hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1095 2011-07-23 17:13:34
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym and anonimnystefy,
The solution #1132 is correct. Good work!
#1133. Of the three numbers, the sum of the first two is 45; the sum of the second and the third is 55 and the sum of the third and thrice the first is 90. Find the third number.
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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#1096 2011-07-23 17:35:23
- bobbym
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi;
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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#1097 2011-07-23 21:49:02
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Oral puzzles
hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1098 2011-07-23 23:32:25
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi bobbym and anonimnystefy,
The solution #1133 is correct. Neat job!
#1134.
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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#1099 2011-07-23 23:38:03
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Re: Oral puzzles
hi ganesh
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#1100 2011-07-23 23:40:31
- bobbym
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Re: Oral puzzles
Hi ganesh;
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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