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Anil Saigal
03/12/2013
PROBLEM #1
What is the next number in the following sequence?
3,1,4,1,5,9,2,6,5,...
PROBLEM #2
What is the next numbe in the following sequence?
1, 6, 120, 5040,...
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Problems from 02/28/13
PROBLEM #1
John spent one-fourth of his life as a boy, one-eighth as a youth, and one-half as an active man. If John spent 10 years as an old man, then how many years did he spend as an active man?
SOLUTION 1
40 years.
SOLUTION 1
40 years.
PROBLEM #2
When I add 6 times my age 6 years from now to 7 times my age 7 years from now, I get 14 times my current age. How old will I be 5 years from now?
SOLUTION 2
90 years.
SOLUTION 2
90 years.
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