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Puzzle Answer: Chopped Square

by Tom Chlebowski on April 29, 2010

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For our Chopped Square puzzle, we attempted to find the side length of a square that was chopped up into 6 congruent rectangles.

Given a perimeter of 112 units for each of the six rectangles, what’s the length of each side of the square? Algebra steps in to help us out here.

Let’s first gather what we know. [click to continue…]

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Puzzle Answer: Fruity Prices

by Tom Chlebowski April 14, 2010 Puzzles
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It’s an unusual method for determining prices, surely, but maybe the vendor is a math nerd and can’t help it. :)

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Puzzle Answer: Do You Know Your XABCs?

by Tom Chlebowski April 7, 2010 Puzzles
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It was noted that this is first a puzzle and secondly an algebra problem, since algebra is not needed to find the answer! For all of the size and variables this expression has,

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Puzzle (and answer): Time Equations

by Josh Salcman March 30, 2010 Puzzles
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Okay, so we let this one slide a bit. Sorry about that. This puzzle was originally published quite a while back, and we never got around to posting the answers. Time to correct our mistake. First, a reminder of the rules… Here are the rules. You must find an equation with the given numbers; inequalities would [...]

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Puzzle Answer: Tricky Triangles

by Josh Salcman February 15, 2010 Puzzles

Here’s the explanation for the puzzle of the mysterious triangles…

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