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Anil Saigal
01/29/2009
FOR STUDENTS PROBLEM # 1 FOR GROWNUPS PROBLEM #2 Please send your solutions to anil@lokvani.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solution: If 6p = 3, calculate the value of: (logp 36p) (log3 p). Solution: Congratulations to Chandran Elumalai, Suhas Joglekar, Shailesh Goregaokar, Ranganath Nayak and R.K. Sambangi who were the winner of the last set of puzzles
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PROBLEM # 1
In a rectangle, the ratio of the diagonal to the perimeter is 5 to 14 while the area is 432. Calculate the length of the diagonal.
PROBLEM # 2
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