PROBLEM # 1
Solve: 5 sqrt32 - 7 sqrt8

PROBLEM #2

A bag of peanuts is worth $. 42 less than the same size of 
cashews. Equal amounts of peanuts and cashews are used to 
make 40 bags of a mixture that sells for $1.10 per bag. 
How much is a bag of cashews worth? 

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Problems from 09/15/11

PROBLEM # 1
2 men and 2 boys need to cross a river in a boat big enough for 1 man or 2 boys. How do they do it?

SOLUTION 1

  9 * *  - * 4 *    -----    * * 1 

SOLUTION 2
927 - 546 = 381. 

Congratulations to Akshay Gowrishankar, Bharath Venkataraman, Kishore Balsara, Maya Thattacherry, Monica Biswas and N. Alamelu, who were the winners of the last set of puzzles.

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