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For The Mathematically Inclined

Anil Saigal
01/17/2012

PROBLEM # 1

A car travels downhill at 72 mph (miles per hour), on the level at 63 mph, and uphill at only 56 mph  The car takes 4 hours to travel from town A to town B.  The return trip takes 4 hours and 40 minutes.

Find the distance between the two towns.


PROBLEM #2
The sum of three numbers is 6, the sum of their squares is 8, and the sum of their cubes is 5.  What is the sum of their fifth powers? 


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