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For The Mathematically Inclined

Anil Saigal
05/07/2012

PROBLEM # 1
A freight train and an express train leave towns 390km apart, traveling toward one another. The freight train travels 30km per hr slower than the express train. They pass another 3 hr. later. What are their speeds!

PROBLEM # 2
What is the sum of 1 -0.5 +0.25 -0.125 +0.0625 ......?

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Problems from 04/26/12

PROBLEM #1
Point A (5,0) is rotated 90 degrees about the origin. What are its new coordinates.

SOLUTION 1
(0,5)

PROBLEM #2
Point A (5,0) is rotated 90 degrees counter-clock wise about point B (1,1). What are its new coordinates.

SOLUTION 2
(2,5)

Congratulations to Aseem Chandawarkar, Kishore Balsara, Suhas Joglekar and Suhas Pathak, who were the winner of the last set of puzzles.



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