For The Mathematically Inclined

For The Mathematically Inclined

Anil Saigal
01/29/2014

PROBLEM #1

In one store in the afternoon sold twice more pears, than in the morning. During the whole day they sold 360 lbs. pears. How many pounds of pears are sold in the morning?

PROBLEM #2

John read 2/3 of a book and calculated that the read part is with 90 pages more than the unread. How many pages is the whole book?

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Problems from 01/16/14

PROBLEM #1
What is 4(7x - (5 - 6y + 2x) + 6y) if x=10, and y=12?

Solution
756..

PROBLEM #2

What is x, if 25x² - 10x + 14 = 0?

Solution
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Congratulations to Venkatarama Krishnan, who was the winner of the last set of puzzles. Here are two puzzles for one and all!

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