For The Mathematically Inclined

For The Mathematically Inclined

Anil Saigal
10/15/2010

PROBLEM # 1

What comes in place of the question mark(s) in the sequence below?
> < = = + > ? ? = +

PROBLEM #2
Given f(2) = 3, g(3) = 2, f(3) = 4 and g(2) = 5, evaluate the composite function

(f _o g)(3)

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Problems from 10/14/10

PROBLEM # 1

What comes in place of the question mark(s) in each sequence below?
# $ & # $ $ & # # $ ? & ? # $ $ $ &............

SOLUTION
$ and #.

PROBLEM #2

1, 2, 10, 37, 101, _______ ..........

SOLUTION
226.

Congratulations to Kishore Balsara, Akshay Gowrishankar, Arun Lahori, Ranganath Nayak, Arul Prakash and Bharath Venkataraman, who were winners of the last set of puzzles.

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