FOR CHILDREN

PROBLEM # 1
The total cost of an outing is $240. If there were forty more people, each person attending would have paid $1 less. How many people attended the outing?

FOR GROWNUPS

PROBLEM # 2
Each side of square ABCD is of length 12 cm. E is the midpoint of AB, F is the trisection point of BC closer to B and G is on CD such that CG = CD/4. How many square centimeters are in the area of  triangle EFG?

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SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON 09/22/05

FOR CHILDREN

PROBLEM # 1
The collection of nickels and dimes is worth $2.35. If twice the number of dimes is three more than three times the number of nickels, how many dimes are there.

SOLUTION
18 dimes.

FOR GROWNUPS

PROBLEM # 2

If log₁₆ (29 + log₁₆ b) = 5/4, determine the value of b.

SOLUTION
4096.

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