PinnedThe Quiet Mathematics CornerinWriters’ BlokkeSolution Insights: Problem on Inequalities for 27–01–2022This problem has a simple solution that requires the knowledge of two elementary facts — the geometric property of intersecting chords of…Jan 27, 20221Jan 27, 20221
PinnedThe Quiet Mathematics CornerinWriters’ BlokkeWeekly Problem: Number Theory Puzzle for 01–02–2022We get the following equation (the digits are denoted by d with a subscript):Feb 1, 20221Feb 1, 20221
PinnedThe Quiet Mathematics CornerinWriters’ BlokkeSolution Insights: Weekly Problem on Number Theory for 26–01–2022The solution this problem is very simple. The essence in the solution to this problem lies in finding out what q and r are:Feb 1, 2022Feb 1, 2022
PinnedThe Quiet Mathematics CornerinWriters’ BlokkeSolution Insights: Problem on Geometry for 28–01–2022Let us solve a general case of the above problem, where we assume that the Hotel Iota has ‘n’ floors. In such problems, visualization…Jan 28, 20221Jan 28, 20221
PinnedThe Quiet Mathematics CornerinWriters’ BlokkeSolution Insights: Problem on Geometry 20–01–2022The first important step here is to use the cosine rule to get the value of BC in terms of AB and AC as follows:Jan 20, 20221Jan 20, 20221
The Quiet Mathematics CornerinWriters’ BlokkeSolution Insights: Problem on Number Theory for 07-02-2022The solution to this problem requires the knowledge of an essential fact or observation that the cube of any integer is congruent to 0, 1…Feb 7, 2022Feb 7, 2022
The Quiet Mathematics CornerinWriters’ BlokkeSolution Insights: Weekly Problem on Combinatorics for 18–01–2022The solution to this problem is very short, and it contains two major steps.Jan 26, 2022Jan 26, 2022
The Quiet Mathematics CornerinWriters’ BlokkeWeekly Problem: Puzzle on Number Theory for 26-01-2022Solution:Jan 26, 2022Jan 26, 2022
The Quiet Mathematics CornerinWriters’ BlokkeSolution Insights: Weekly Problem on Number Theory for 11–01–2022The first step, finding the value of ak, and the second step, substituting the value of x = 1 in the given equation to find the sum of the…Jan 18, 2022Jan 18, 2022
The Quiet Mathematics CornerinWriters’ BlokkeWeekly Problem: Combinatorics Puzzle for 18–01–2022Solution:Jan 18, 2022Jan 18, 2022