For The Mathematically Inclined

For The Mathematically Inclined

Anil Saigal
02/29/2008

FOR STUDENTS

PROBLEM # 1
Suppose you deposit $6000 in a bank and receive 4% per year compound interest for 7 years, compounded monthly. Find the amount after 7 years.

FOR GROWNUPS

PROBLEM # 2

Compute $tex2html_wrap_inline131$ .

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Problem Solutions 02/21/08

FOR GROWNUPS

What is tan 105 degrees in radical form?
(not the value from a calculator)

Solution:
- (2 + sqrt(3)).

Congratulations to Mukkai Krishnamoorthy, Roopesh Mathur and Ranganath Nayak, who were winners of the last set of puzzles.

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