Open Query 8

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10/06/2013,9:00 p.m.

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Question: `q (previously 1.3.6) There are a number of 9 and 11 yr old horses in the barn and the sum of their ages is 122. How many 9- and 11-year-old horses are there?

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Your solution:

122-11=111

122-22=100

122-33=89

122-44=78

122-55=67

122-66=56

122-77=45

45/9=5

you have to subtract 11 from 122 7 times to come up with a number divisable by 9.

7 eleven year old horses

5 nine year old horses

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Given Solution:

`a** If there was one 11-year-old horse the sum of the remaining ages would have to be 122 - 11 = 111, which isn't divisible by 9.

If there were two 11-year-old horses the sum of the remaining ages would have to be 122 - 2 * 11 = 100, which isn't divisible by 9.

If there were three 11-year-old horses the sum of the remaining ages would have to be 122 - 3 * 11 = 89, which isn't divisible by 9.

If there were four 11-year-old horses the sum of the remaining ages would have to be 122 - 4 * 11 = 78, which isn't divisible by 9.

If there were five 11-year-old horses the sum of the remaining ages would have to be 122 - 5 * 11 = 67, which isn't divisible by 9.

The pattern is

122 - 11 = 111, not divisible by 9

122 - 2 * 11 = 100, not divisible by 9

122 - 3 * 11 = 89, not divisible by 9

122 - 4 * 11 = 78, not divisible by 9

122 - 5 * 11 = 67, not divisible by 9

122 - 6 * 11 = 56, not divisible by 9

122 - 7 * 11 = 45, which is finally divisible by 9.

Since 45 / 9 = 5, we have 5 horses age 9 and 7 horses age 11. **

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Question: `qQuery 1.3.32 (previously 1.3.10) divide clock into segments each with same total

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Your solution:

The first line would is drawn in the lower left starting between 8 and 9, then ending between 4 and 5, the next line starts in the upper left

between 10 and eleven and ending between 1 and 2.

5,6,7,8=26

3,4,9,10=26

11,12,1,2=26

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Given Solution:

`a** The total of all numbers on the clock is 78. So the numbers in the three sections have to each add up to 1/3 * 78 = 26.

This works if we can divide the clock into sections including 11, 12, 1, 2; 3, 4, 9, 10; 5, 6, 7, 8. The numbers in each section add up to 26.

To divide the clock into such sections the lines would be horizontal, the first from just beneath 11 to just beneath 2 and the second from just above 5 to just above 8. Horizontal lines are the trick.

You might have to draw this to see how it works. **

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Question: `qQuery 1.3.48 (previously 1.3.30) Frog in well, 4 ft jump, 3 ft back.

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Your solution:

If he moves foward 4 feet then falls back three feet he is only progressing 1 foot per day,but on the 17th day he won't slide back because he

will clear the top of the well.

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Given Solution:

`a** COMMON ERROR: 20 days

CORRECTION:

The frog reaches the 20-foot mark before 20 days.

On the first day the frog jumps to 4 ft then slides back to 1 ft.

On the second day the frog therefore jumps to 5 ft before sliding back to 2 ft.

On the third day the frog jumps to 6 ft, on the fourth to 7 ft., etc.

Continuing the pattern, on the 17th day jumps to 20 feet and hops away.

The maximum height is always 3 feet more than the number of the day, and when max height is the top of the well the frog will go on its way. **

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Question: `qQuery 1.3.73 (previously 1.3.48) How many ways to pay 15 cents?

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Your solution:

15 pennies

10 pennies 1 nickel

5 pennies 2 nickels

5 pennies 1 dime

1 dime 1 nickel

3 nickels

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Given Solution:

`a** To illustrate one possible reasoning process, you can reason this out in such a way as to be completely sure as follows:

The number of pennies must be 0, 5, 10 or 15.

If you don't use any pennies you have to use a dime and a nickle.

If you use exactly 5 pennies then the other 10 cents comes from either a dime or two nickles.

If you use exactly 10 pennies you have to use a nickle.

Or you can use 15 pennies.

Listing these ways:

1 dime, 1 nickel

1 dime, 5 pennies

2 nickels, 5 pennies

3 nickels

15 pennies

1 nickel 10 pennies

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Question: `qQuery 1.3.68 (previously 1.3.52) Given 8 coins, how do you find the unbalanced one in 3 weighings

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Your solution:

divide the number of coins in 1/2, this will be 4 coins in each pile. When weighed one will be heavier. Divide the heavier pile in 1/2, this

will be 2 coins in 2 piles, one of these piles will be heavier. Only 2 coins remain, the last weighing will determine the lighter coin.

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Given Solution:

`a** Divide the coins into two piles of 4. One pile will tip the balance.

Divide that pile into piles of 2. One pile will tip the balance.

Weigh the 2 remaining coins. You'll be able to see which coin is heavier. **

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