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A small solid silver pyramid |
2014-06-13 |
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From Jenesis:
For Awards Night at Baddeck High School, the math club is designing small solid silver pyramids.The base of the pyramids will be a 2 in by 2 in square. The pyramids should not weigh more than 2.5 pounds. One cubic foot of silver weighs 655 pounds. What is the maximum height of the pyramids?
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Paying with silver - Part 2 |
2007-10-17 |
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From Shanna:
The paying with silver problem. I understand how to do the problem, but could you please explain how you would use base 2 arithmetic to solve it.
Answered by Penny Nom. |
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Paying with silver |
2000-04-26 |
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From Luther Jackson:
A silver prospector is unable to pay his March rent in advance. He owned a bar of pure silver, 31 inches long, so he made the following arrangement with his landlady. He would cut the bar, he said into smaller pieces. On the first day of March he would give her and inch of the bar, and on each succeeding day he would add another inch to her amount of silver. She would keep this silver as security. At the end of the month, when the prospector expected to be able to pay his rent in full, she would return the pieces to him.
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Answered by Claude Tardif and Penny Nom. |
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