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Spreading a rumor |
1999-09-13 |
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Bornstar14 pose la question : There is someone who wants to spread a rumor within 7 days to 250,000,000 people. he wants to know how many people he should tell on the first day (assuming the rumor is passed by everyone who was told to the same amount of people) so that everyone knows on the 7th day. What I did is the 7th root of 250,000,000. this answer is not possible unless rounded. is it okay for the number to be approximate? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Rolling Circles |
1999-09-12 |
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Craig Ellis pose la question : We have a circle of radius 3. inside the circle and tangent to the circle of radius 3 at one point is a circleof radius 1. The question is if we could roll the smaller circle around the inside of the larger circle how many revolutions would it take to get around to where we started. Chris Fisher and Walter Whiteley lui répond. |
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2,5,8,1 yields 24 |
1999-09-12 |
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Terry Hill pose la question : I was wondering how do I make the numbers 2,5,8,and 1 equal 24? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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How many went to the game? |
1999-09-09 |
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Lisa Schmidt pose la question : If 3/4 more students went to the game than actually did go to the game, 25% of all students in the entire school would have gone. What fraction of students in the entire school went to the game? Harley Weston lui répond. |
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Degrees and triangles |
1999-09-09 |
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Sandra Mills pose la question : Are there any triangles which are not 180 degrees? I am also in need of information on the history of degree measure for an angle. Walter Whiteley lui répond. |
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Four fours |
1999-09-09 |
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Roger pose la question : I need help with a math problem my child asked me about I guess in her 7th grade math class they were told to come up with a answer from 1-10 only using four 4's and she got stuck on the problem that needs to be equal to ten, she asked me and I couldn't help her it's sad so if you could give me the problem and and answer so i could explain it to her I would really appreciate it. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Using Factoring in Problem Solving |
1999-09-09 |
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Lori pose la question : I have a problem with a problem. The Problem is....The sum of the squares of two consecutive positive even integers is 340. Find the integers. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Infinity |
1999-09-08 |
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Richard Tracy pose la question : In order to transverse from point A to point B one must first cross the halfway point (C). Additionally....One must also pass another halfway point labeled (D) in order to get to the halfway point of (C). There is also point (E) which is the halfway point between A and D. We have to assume that there are an infinite amount of halfway points points between (A) and (B). My understanding of infinity is something that goes on forever. But how can one expect to traverse over infinity in a finite amount of time? Will we never reach (B)? Walter Whiteley lui répond. |
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Who is right |
1999-09-04 |
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rf, k, p and uncle a pose la question : Good morning. Could you please, help us resolve and by the way, confirm "who is right"... regarding the solution of this problem: - a piece of metal is 6 in. wide by 2 in. in height and weights 500 pounds... - what is the weight of a piece made of same metal, 5 in. wide by 1 3/4 in in height? Could you please supply the "formula". Regards, rf, k, p and uncle a. Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Towers of Hanoi |
1999-09-03 |
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Jeni pose la question : In the puzzle called the Towers of Hanoi there are three peg and you are asked to move the rings from one peg and stack them in order on another peg. You can make as many moves as you want, but each move must consist of moving exactly one ring. Moreover, no ring may be placed on top of a smaller ring. The minimum number of moves required to move n rings is 1 for 1, 3 for 2 rings, 7 for 3 rings, 15 for 4 rings, and 31 for 5 rings. Find a formula for this sequence. What is the minimum number of moves required to move 6 rings? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Is zero positive? |
1999-09-03 |
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Shah pose la question : Is zero a positive integer? Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Y2K? |
1999-09-03 |
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Mike Putzakulish pose la question : In Y2K, the "K" stands for thousand, but where did the "K" come from? I know it's not a Roman Numeral, but what is it?? Chris Fisher and Harley Weston lui répond. |
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Notation |
1999-09-03 |
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Judy Gray pose la question : My name is Judy Gray. I guess the level on this would be about middle school, and I am an other!! I've been out of school for alot of years. I have a couple of questions, I guess. - What does an equal (=) with a slash through it mean? I put intersects, but I think I'm wrong.
- What is the symbol of a small n? Only the symbol is wider. Example: If A = {1.2} B = {2,3} then what is A (n) B? Can you make sense out of that?
- What is the equation of the y-axis?
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The three jugs problem |
1999-09-02 |
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Kent Lane pose la question : I wonder if you could help me figure out this secondary Discrete Math Problem. I cannot figure out where this comes from. Here's the question: You have three containers. Container 1 is a three (3) liter container. Container 2 is a five (5) liter container. Container 3 is an eight (8) liter container that is full of liquid. The goal is to get 4 liters in one of the containers. Stipulations: There are no marks on the containers to measure out the liquid. All you know is that 1 is 3 l., 2 is 5 l., and 3 is 8 l. full of liquid. Chris Fisher lui répond. |
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Division by zero |
1999-09-02 |
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Joshua B. Mariano pose la question : Why can't I divide a number by zero. When I put in my calculater 0 divided by 7 it equals 0. But when I put 7 divided by zero my calculater say's error. Why can't this be solved? What is the answer? Is there a paper on it? Help? Walter Whiteley lui répond. |
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