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Problem Of The Week 7

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Two positive integers differ by  60.The sum of their square roots is the square root of an integer that is not a perfect square. What is the maximum possible sum of the two integers?

A) 100                 B) 156                   C)  392                   D) 452                       E) none of these

P.S: If You are not able to solve this, Kindly refer to the concept 1 Perfect squares. Any student who has read that lesson and practised the problems should be able to solve this, if not reread the lesson!

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August 28, 2008 at 9:46 pm

Conundrum I : Help Varun!

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Varun and Rahul sit together, Rahul asks varun find the sum of the sum of the digits of all natural numbers upto 10. Varun quickly answers 46. Rahul again asks what if we find upto 50, varun takes some time and answers 330. Rahul stands up and says, Can you find it for 2008, and do it before I count upto 20?

Your task is to help Varun, How will you do that?

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August 28, 2008 at 12:40 pm

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Problem Of The Week 6

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Let f(x) be as shown above. How many solutions does f(f(x))=6 have?

a) 2                b)  3                     c) 4                         d) 5                           e) 6

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August 28, 2008 at 11:27 am

Problem Of The Week 5

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Let a,b,c be real numbers such that for all real numbers x, such that |x|<=1, we have |ax^2+bx+c|<=100. Determine the maximum value of |a|+|b|+|c|

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August 28, 2008 at 7:46 am

Top 50 WordPress Blog

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Rarely, does it happen that a 2 day old blog appears in the Blog Of The Day, but this blog has achieved the remarkable feat. Quantologic was ranked 50th on 28 August, by WordPress.com. Thanks for all the support, I hope to bring more quality stuff.

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August 28, 2008 at 6:22 am

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