Contribute
| For The Mathematically Inclined |
Anil Saigal
08/28/2012
PROBLEM # 1
During long distance flights, the outside temperature at an altitude of 33,000 ft is about -40oF. What is the temperature in oC?
What is the volume bounded by z=0, z = x2 + y2 and x2 + y2 =1?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please send your solutions to mr.asaigal@gmail.com.
Use Problem Solutions M-083012 as the subject line. Please include your full name in the text of the main message. Everyone with the right answer will be acknowledged in the next issue of Lokvani.
Please do not post your solution in Post Comments. No credit will be given for solutions not sent to anil@lokvani.com.
If you need clarification on any problem, please contact anil@lokvani.com.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Problems from 08/16/12
PROBLEM #1
Find the y intercept of the graph of the equation 2x - 4y = 9.
SOLUTION 1
-9/4.
In a triangle ABC,median BD is such that angles A and DBC are equal. If angle ADB is 45degrees, What is the measure of angle A? Try to use elementary geometry (Euclid's Elements.)
SOLUTION 2
30°.
Congratulations to Abhimanyu Bhargava and Suhas Joglekar, who were the winners of the last set of puzzles..
|
You may also access this article through our web-site http://www.lokvani.com/
