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We have a circular dining table made of marble which has come down to us as a family heirloom. Ws also have some beautiful bone-china saucers that I recently brought from Japan.
Our table top is fifteen times the diameter of our saucers which are also circular. We would like to place the saucers on the table so that they neither over lap each other nor the edge of the table.
How many can we place in this manner?^View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,639.4K views
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When my uncle in Madura died recently,
he left a will, instructing his executors to divide his estate of Rs. 1,920,000 in this manner: Every son should receive three times as much as a daughter, and that every daughter should get twice as much as their mother.What is my aunt’s share?
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It is a small town railway station and there are 25 stations on that line. At each of the 25 stations the passengers can get tickets for any of the others 24 stations.
How many different kinds of tickets do you think the booking clerk has to keep?View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,640.3K views
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A man I know, who lives in my neighborhood, travels to Chinsura every day for his work. His wife drives him over to Howrah Station every morning and in the evening exactly at 6 P.M. she picks him up back at the station and takes him home.
One day he was let off at work an hour earlier, and so he arrived at the Howrah Station at 5 P.M. instead of at 6. He started walking home. However he met h» wife en route to the station and got into the car. They drove home arriving 10 minutes earlier than usual.
How long did the man have to walk, before he was picked up by his wife?View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,638.9K views
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Two women were selling marbles in the market place —one at three for a paise and other at two for a paise. One day both of them were obliged to return home when each had thirty marbles unsold. They put together the two lots of marbles and handing them over to a friend asked her to sell them at five for 2 paise. According to their calculation, after all, 3 for one paise and 2 for one paise was exactly the same as 5 for 2 paise.
But when the takings were handed over to them, they were both most surprised, because the entire lot together had fetched only 24 paisel If however, they had sold their marbles separately they would have fetched 25 paise.
Now where did the one paise go? Can you explain the mystery?View SolutionSubmit Solution- 1,640.2K views
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