April 2014: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Descartes, Taxes, and NASA

(from April 29, 2014)

"Right Triangle Bisector question"

AC = 9
What is h?

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(from April 23, 2014)

"Raiders of the Lost Arc"

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(from April 17, 2014)

 "Rene and Emily"

"I think, the 4i, Em..."


(from April 15, 2014)

"Tax Figures"

 
Is this bad form?


(from April 9, 2014)

"Seating Arrangement" 


Our 10-person math club is meeting for dinner at a restaurant. (Unfortunately, the club has 2 members that I do not like.). The restaurant has round tables that seat exactly 10 people. 
If I show up last, what is the probability that the remaining seat is next to someone I don't like?

 
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(from April 6, 2014)

 "NASA"

Mission Impossible

 

March 2014: Birthdays, Survivor, Baking a pi, and the ice cream man

(from March 26, 2014)

"Odd Jobs"

7 does some freelance work...



(from March 21, 2014)

"Survivor"

The Odd one gets voted off the island first!




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(from March 17, 2014)

"Discount on a new shirt"

A department store is having a 30% off sale on all shirts. I find one that I like, so I go to the cashier and pay $25. He gives me $2.67 in change, and then I leave with my new rainbow shirt.

If sales tax is 10% of the final purchase price, what was the original (retail) price of the shirt?

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 (from Pi Day, 2014)

"Mixing it up"

 
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(from March 11, 2014)

"Pythagorean Theorem and Perimeter"

 Quick math question: What is the perimeter of the triangle?

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(from March 6, 2014)

"Ice Cream Man"

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(from March 2, 2014)

"Right Triangle Area Question"

What is the total (green) area inside the 2 triangles?

Read here for the solution.

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