Search the web
Sign In
New User? Sign Up
mathforfun · MATH for FUN - A place to post and work math problems.
? Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...
Hear how Yahoo! Groups has changed the lives of others. Take me there.

Best of Y! Groups

   Check them out and nominate your group.
Having problems with message search? Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.

Messages

  Messages Help
Advanced
Messages 9607 - 9636 of 13927   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Messages: Simplify | Expand   (Group by Topic) Author Sort by Date ^
9607
A 10-digit number is said to be interesting if its digits are all distinct and it is a multiple of 11111. How many interesting integers are there? Thanks and...
mohit.shimpi@...
meticulous_m...
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2005
5:51 am
9608
A University professor and his wife has decided to throw a party and invited N guest and their spouses. On the night of the party, all guests turned up with...
mohit.shimpi@...
meticulous_m...
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2005
5:56 am
9609
... A University professor and his wife has decided to throw a party and invited N guests and their spouses. On the night of the party, all guests turned up...
cooperpuzzles
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2005
8:49 am
9610
... If this is a real maths puzzle - where there is only one answer - then the professor shook hands with only 1 person. If N = 1, there is the professor [P]...
Peter Otzen
bogaduck
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2005
9:00 am
9611
... Oh, I overlooked the possibility of 2 - the professor may have done one of those double-handed shakes with A - so actually shook 2 hands, while only...
Peter Otzen
bogaduck
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2005
9:03 am
9612
In a message dated 2005-02-01 10:25:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, Peter at ... Or in exact numbers: pound troy = 5760 grains pound avoirdupois = 7000 grains ...
MorphemeAddict@...
lojbaner
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2005
1:38 pm
9613
So in that case, what pair of numbers in the list 2N,0; 2N-1,1; 2N-2,2; 2N-3,3; … ; N,N. is before N,N, or tp put it another way, 2N-N, N? I believe it is...
clooneman
Offline
Feb 2, 2005
1:59 pm
9614
In a message dated 2005-02-02 9:39:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Peter Otzen" <pmaxotzen@...> writes: If this is a real maths puzzle - where there is...
MorphemeAddict@...
lojbaner
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2005
3:33 pm
9615
Hi , i have problem in reduced row echelon form , i dont know how can i find it from normal matrix ? Thank you for helpind Ali...
ali
ali_m_darvish
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2005
3:53 pm
9616
This is called the HANDSHAKING LEMMA, which is usually discussed at Graph Theory courses. the answer is 2(N+1). A University professor and his wife has decided...
Raymond Francis Alvarez
bobok83184
Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2005
4:11 pm
9617
The answer in fact is 68. I was at a swingers party recently and I invited everyone leaving to put into a hat a piece of paper with the number of people they...
clooneman
Offline
Feb 2, 2005
5:45 pm
9618
Such a number (call it N) must be a multiple of 9 based on the sum of digits: 0+1+...+9 = 45. Since 9 doesn't divide 11111, N must be a multiple of 9*11111 =...
video_ranger
Offline
Feb 2, 2005
11:22 pm
9619
I have a question...... [sqrt(a)]*[(sqrt(b)] = sqrt(ab) Is this statement true for all real values of a and b or does it only apply for positive values of a...
tastyjuice007
Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2005
1:33 am
9620
... Quick (and deliberately incomplete) answer: Unless you're prepared to deal with roots of non-real numbers (not just imaginary-valued roots of negative...
adh_math
Offline
Feb 3, 2005
3:24 am
9621
a and b can be any real number. the exception is that when u do sqrt(-1)= i. where i is called an imaginary number. so in ur question about sqrt(-1)*sqrt(-1)=...
Raven
bigredmachin...
Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2005
7:06 am
9622
... A similar dilemma can occur even with roots of positive numbers. By convention we take sqrt(a) to be the positive root of `a' although there are really two...
cooperpuzzles
Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2005
10:48 am
9623
... Answer in line ... 2N- ... Yes. A more complete list of pairs : 2N,0; 2N-1,1; 2N-2,2; 2N-3,3; . . . ;N+2,N-2;N+1,N-1; N,N. ... I don't understand this. If...
cooperpuzzles
Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2005
10:58 am
9624
... The widely-used convention is, as you say, to take sqrt(x) (for x>0) to be the unique positive real y such that y^2=x. But sqrt denotes a function (on the...
adh_math
Offline
Feb 3, 2005
1:16 pm
9625
I think I must have missed something... What in your workings out disqualifies a number such as 1234657890 from being one of the 3,456 interesting numbers? ......
clooneman
Offline
Feb 3, 2005
1:48 pm
9626
The square root of -1 doesn't exist, so basically you're playing with fire. The letter i has been used to denote this "imaginary number", which in turn has a...
clooneman
Offline
Feb 3, 2005
1:51 pm
9627
how about quaternions or octernions ;) i*j*k=-1 h*i*j*k=-1 ... with...
bqllpd
Offline
Feb 3, 2005
8:04 pm
9628
plz i want u to help me with this indices,it has been giving me problem for so long: solve for x 1. 2^2x=8x 2. 3^x+4^x=5^x thanks for helping me out!...
olubodunakinyele
olubodunakin...
Offline
Feb 3, 2005
8:24 pm
9629
the answer to the 2nd question is x=2, its a pythagorean triple. for the 1st one, i would begin by using ln or e, i trying to think of a way. ... ...
Raven
bigredmachin...
Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2005
9:54 pm
9630
for the first question: 2^(2x)=(2^2)^x=4^x thus ur equation would be: 4^x=8x. from observation u can see that x=2. i am not sure how to solve it though...
Raven
bigredmachin...
Offline Send Email
Feb 3, 2005
10:17 pm
9631
Hi! I'm June Yambao.Turning 4th year of Bachelor in Elementary Education in Saint Michael's College of Laguna, Philippines. I have something to ask and this...
june yambao
june_yambao
Offline Send Email
Feb 4, 2005
5:11 am
9632
Hi! I'm June Yambao.Turning 4th year of Bachelor in Elementary Education in Saint Michael's College of Laguna, Philippines. I have something to ask and this...
june yambao
june_yambao
Offline Send Email
Feb 4, 2005
5:14 am
9633
Hi! Good Day! I'm Vernadeth E. del Mundo, a college student taking up Education, major in Mathematics from Saint Michael's College of Laguna, Philippines. I...
vernadeth del mundo
vern_21delmundo
Offline Send Email
Feb 4, 2005
5:44 am
9634
1. 2^2x = 4^x = 8x And I forget how to do the rest, sorry. 2. 3^x+4^x=5^x ==> x EQUALS 2, NO QUESTIONS ASKED....
clooneman
Offline
Feb 4, 2005
2:00 pm
9635
Howdy June Try and make math applicable to the real world. If you're dealing with, say, adding and subtracting numbers, use the anaology of having and owing...
clooneman
Offline
Feb 4, 2005
2:03 pm
9636
Octernions? Oh my sweet Saviour..... Never heard of them! Not about to investigate them, though; I barely know anything about quaternions to begin with....
clooneman
Offline
Feb 4, 2005
5:35 pm
Messages 9607 - 9636 of 13927   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Advanced
Add to My Yahoo!      XML What's This?

Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help