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Strings of letters 2022-04-25
From Javar:
How many different combinations can I make with A 12 selection list but only using A&B

Example:

A,B,A,B,A,B,A,B,A,B,A,B
A,B,B,A,A,B,B,A,A,B,B,A
B,B,A,A,B,A,B,A,B,A,A,B

Answered by penny Nom.
Arrangements of ten letters 2011-04-15
From Mustafa:
In how many ways can the ten letters of the word GELATINOUS be arranged in a line so that the vowels are in alphabetical order (not necessarily together) when read from left to right?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Six-letter words 2009-11-24
From christine:
How many six-letter words (not necessarily an English words) are there in which exactly three of the letters are z's?
Answered by Claude Tardif.
A sequence of letters and numbers 2009-11-10
From Maria:
What is the last ten letters and numbers in the following series and how do I work it out so I can explain it to an eleven year old. J1F8M1A0M1J0J1
Answered by Robert Dawson, Claude Tardif and Harley Weston.
Some 9 letter permutations 2009-02-24
From Cecilia:
If the letters G, H, S are used exactly 3 times how many 9 letter combinations can be generated?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Three letter combinations 2008-08-15
From Shelbie:
How many 3 letter combinations are possible, if you can repeat each letter?
I learned an easy way to do this in school, but fail to remeber what that was...

Answered by Penny Nom.
A chain letter 2008-04-10
From Lesley:
In the mail you receive a chain letter with a list of ten names on it. The instructions tell you to send $2 to the person named on the top of the list, cross his name out, and place your name on the bottom. YOu then have to send ten copies of this letter to friends with the same instructions. If no one breaks the chain how much money should you receive?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston.
Permuting the letters in ELEVEN 2008-01-23
From Beth:
(i) Find the number of distinct permutations that can be formed from all of the letters of the word ELEVEN.
(ii) How many of them begin and end with E?
(iii) How many of them have the 3 E's together?
(iv) How many begin with E and end with N?

Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
What fraction of the letters of the alphabet is each word? 2007-08-02
From Clayton:
How do I figure this out, the math question has the answers but I have no idea how to get it. my Mom can't figure it out either.

What fraction of the letters of the alphabet are each word
Man = 3/26
Glasses = 7/26
Integrity = 1/4
computer = 2/9

Answered by Paul Betts and Harley Weston.
I have to design a lettering on corrugated plate 2006-11-29
From Tim:
For a client of mine I have to design a lettering on corrugated plate. The lettering has to appear "normal" when viewed from the front (100%) I am so far now to consider the shape of the plate to be two halves of an oval/ellipse. What I would like to know is a way to calculate the percentage in which I have to "stretch" my design in order to let it appear "normal".
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
How many arrangements are there? 2006-04-16
From Jim:
Can you tell me how many different combinations there are using 3 letters and 4 numbers. Letters first then numbers, example -aaa0001, aaa0002, aaa0003,-----------baa0001, baa0002, ------zzz9999.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Aunt Lucy's letter 2004-06-27
From Olivia:
"Dear bob, now that i am getting on (70 today). i want to give you some of my money, i shall give you a sum each year, starting now. you can choose which of the following schemes you would like me to use.

a) £100 now, £90 next year,£80 the yaer after and so on.
b) £10 now, £20 next year, £ 30 the next year and so on.
c) £10 now, 1.5 times as much next year, 1.5 times as much the year after that and so on.
d)£1 now, £2 next year, £ 4 the year after, £8 the year after and so on.

of course these schemes will only operate while i am alive. i look forward to hearing which scheme you choose and why! Best wishes, Aunt Lucy."

Answered by Penny Nom and Claude Tardif.
The quadratic formula 2003-08-31
From Alex:
I am using Houghton Mifflin's Precalculus with Limits book, 2nd edition. However, the first chapter encompasses Algebra review, and I am stuck on a problem. All that's required is to solve the following and verify using a calculator:
3y2+6y+2=0
I have solved the problem using the quadratic formula, but from what I remember, the quadratic formula is used in the case of equations following the AX2+BX+C=0 pattern. As the problem I am attempting uses a y-variable, can I still use the quadratic formula? Since I am not sure what route to take in solving this problem, I am hoping you can assist me.

Answered by Harley Weston.
Jack and Jill wrote letters 2002-06-19
From Angel:
jack and jill each bought a stationary
# of sheets of paper in each box were the same
# of envelopes were the same
jill wrote letters consisting of 3 pages
jack wrote letters consisting of 1 page

when they wrote all letters jill had 50 envelopes left and jack had 50 sheets of paper left how many pieces of paper and how many envelopes?

Answered by Leeanne Boehm.
Four sequences 2001-09-24
From Nicole:
I have a few questions I couldn't figure it out. So any help will be great to find the next three numbers or letters. Here's the patters...
  1. DEGHNORY, EHILMU, HIILMTU, BEILLMRUY,...

  2. 50, 33, 25, 20, 16, 14, 12,...

  3. 1777, 1795, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1822, 1836, 1837..

  4. A,H,I,M,O,T,...

Answered by Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
Six letter words 2000-05-15
From Karl Freitag:
An anthroplogist discovers an isolated tribe whose written alphabet contains only six letters (call the letters A,B,C,D,E, and F). The tribe has a taboo against using the same letter twice in the same word. It is never done. If each different sequence of letters constitutes a different word in the language, what is the maximum number of six-letter words that the language can employ?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A Puzzle 1998-10-27
From Bruce Bragnu:
We are trying to solve what SHOULD BE a simple 7th grade problem and have run into a wall.
It is:
ABCD
ABCD
ABCD
ABCD
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EBEA

It is an addition problem. Each particular letter represents the same digit. We are looking for what number "B" represents. We have tried a multitude of solutions and have come up empty.
Answered by Penny Nom.

 
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