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Anil Saigal
08/25/2015

Problem #1

The product of four consecutive whole numbers is 3024. What are these numbers?

Problem #2

An eight-digit number contains two 1's, two 2's, two 3's, and two 4's. The 1's are separated by one digit, the 2's by two digits, the 3's by three digits, and the 4's by four digits. What is the number?

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Problem #1

In a triangle, if the side opposite the 20 degree angle is 20 cm, what is the length of the side opposite the 40 degree angle?

Solution:
37.6.

Problem #2

Evaluate.
8C3

Solution:
56.

Congratulations to Kishore Balsara and Abhimanyu Bhargava, who were the winners of last set of puzzles.

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