Mathematics - 28 July 2006

A farmer is getting old and so he calls his three sons to him. He say to the first son, over the years whenever I needed help around here you never hesitated to lend a hand, so when I die you will get one half of my cows. He says to the second son, you have not been so generous with you help around here so when I die you will only get one third of my cows. And he says to the last son, you have done basically nothing on the farm so when I die you will get one ninth of my cows. Well the day comes and the farmer passes away. The sons gather in the barn and count the cows. There are 17. In the will it says that the boys are not able to share or kill and divide a cow so how do they split the cows up according to their fathers wishes?

2006-07-28 23:54:38 · 2 answers · asked by Omar 1

give answer with explaination reasons.

2006-07-28 23:48:00 · 2 answers · asked by star123 2

Please solve :

sqrt(x) = x , but x is not equal to either 0 or 1?

2006-07-28 23:14:52 · 7 answers · asked by coolzadar 2

Three friends went to a hotel. The bill was Rs 75/-

Each one contributed Rs.25/-.

The waiter took the bill to the cashier.

The cashier was happy & decided to give them a discount of Rs.5/- & asked the waiter to return them Rs.5/-.

Now the waiter was confused. How to distribute Rs 5 among 3 persons?

He kept Rs 2 in his pocket & gave one rupee to each one of the 3 persons.

So initially each one had contributed Rs.25. Now as they are given 1 rupee back, their contribution reduces to Rs 24.

They all contributed Rs 24 -- that is 24x3=72 & 2 rupees are in the waiters pocket.

The total becomes 74. But they had paid Rs 75.

Where is the remaining 1 rupee?.

2006-07-28 22:51:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-28 22:02:33 · 9 answers · asked by Tripal 1

I can't do maths to save my life! have to used fingers and calculators! But other people I was in school with, who had the same education, are really good at it.

So, why is this? Is this a physical thing (in the brain/hereditory?) or what?

2006-07-28 22:00:06 · 28 answers · asked by foxy 1

Two rainstorms occurred in one week in a certain area. The first storm lasted hours, and the second storm lasted hours, for a total of rain. What was the rate of rainfall for each of the two storms if the sum of the two rates was per hour?

2006-07-28 21:28:58 · 8 answers · asked by planetlopez 1

2006-07-28 20:07:44 · 4 answers · asked by Ejsenstejn 2

(-2x)+8d-(-3x)-2d+(-12x)+(-d)=?

2006-07-28 19:55:51 · 19 answers · asked by al 2

2006-07-28 19:55:23 · 12 answers · asked by sreenivas k 2

2006-07-28 19:50:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

In a parallelogram ABCD, E & F are the mid-points of sides AB&CD respectively. Show that the line segments AF & EC trisect the diagonal BD.

2006-07-28 19:49:43 · 6 answers · asked by KP 1

2006-07-28 19:34:20 · 7 answers · asked by palo 1

Does there exist a positive integer which is a power of 2 such that we can obtain another power of 2 by rearranging it's digit ?

2006-07-28 19:20:29 · 3 answers · asked by elnaz 1

write the standard form of the equation and the general form of the equation of the circle radius r and center (h,k)

2006-07-28 18:48:17 · 6 answers · asked by franciscoeleodoro 1

x^(n)=z^(2)-y^(2)
like 3^(3)=14^(2)-13^(2)
c^(n)-d^(n)=a^(2)-b^(2)
like 7^(3)-4^(3)=48^(2)-45^(2)
are these diophantine equations
in both the equations L.H.S is given.

2006-07-28 18:45:05 · 3 answers · asked by rajesh bhowmick 2

2006-07-28 18:24:31 · 20 answers · asked by Vaness 2

Ok so we are learning logarithms in college and i need the answer or solution to this problem, i will write in the way we pronuonce it :

log of x to the base ( square root of 3 ) + log of x to the base (3) + log of x to the base (1/3) = 4


Then find x

2006-07-28 18:24:07 · 4 answers · asked by Worst 2

ok im almost done with this math equation but the end of it needs you to factor it and i cant seem to figure it out..anyone know?

w² +3w+8

2006-07-28 18:14:07 · 13 answers · asked by aliCia<3syOu 2

give reason why?

2006-07-28 18:07:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

if a ^ (n) - b ^ (n) = c ^ (2) - d ^ (2)
like 7 ^ (3) - 4 ^ (3) = 48 ^ (2) - 45 ^ (2)
where a,b&n are given which are natural numbers
what is the relation between c,d and a,b in general values for
a,b,c,d&n.

2006-07-28 17:31:58 · 10 answers · asked by rajesh bhowmick 2

2006-07-28 17:29:25 · 15 answers · asked by agarwalsankalp 2

2006-07-28 17:22:28 · 11 answers · asked by nighttrain339 1

hi, i dont understand the definition of Area.

ok...let me tell you an example...

http://www.sfzc.org/Media/photos/empty_bowl.jpg

please see that image....if i ask whats the Area of that object ....do you consider the empty Top circular area also ?
do you mean Area in this case 2*pi*radius^2 + pi*radius^2(top)

is it ok ?

Q2:

see, this image...

http://www.gomath.com/geometry/pyramid.jpg

suppose, the above pyramid is

(a)solid pyramid
(b)empty pyramid

does the Area (a)= Area(b) ?

2006-07-28 17:16:13 · 3 answers · asked by sanko 1

I don't know the price of gas in CA, I am figuring about 3.15 for north to central CA. Thanks I am really bad with math! My kid gave me cost, but I want to double check.

2006-07-28 16:47:27 · 11 answers · asked by jondulea 2

:)

2006-07-28 16:17:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

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