Two circles with different radii are given in the plane touching each other externally at . Consider points on and on , such that subtends right angle at . Find the locus of midpoints of all such segments .
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Puzzle 42
Let is a function such that . Find the value of f(0).
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Puzzle 34 - Analytical Geometry
Vertex A of the triangle ABC is (14, 8). If the orthocenter of the triangle is H(8, 1) and the midpoint of the side BC is (3, -2), find the coordinates of the points B and C.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Puzzle 26
Consider the three digit numbers 301, 431, 602, 715, 842,
856, 973, 986
They ALL satisfy the following properties:
1) All the digits are different
2) When the digits are
placed along a cirlce, each digit is three times the previous digit, or one
unit more, or two units more (while doing this, keep in mind that if this
number comes out to be more than 9, only the units digit is taken). Hence 7 is followed by 1, 2 or 3. 3 is followed by 9, 0 or 1. If the number ends with the digit 8, then the
first digit can be 4, 5 or 6.
Not only the above listed numbers, their cyclic permutations
also satisfy the above properties.
Hence the above list gives 22 three digit numbers. We know, no number starts with a zero.
Now, try for four digited numbers that satisfy the above
properties. How many such numbers are
there, if we consider their cyclic permutations also as different number?
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Puzzle 25 - Remainders and quotients
Start with N, a six digit number. Subtract three from it, and then the new number formed should be divisible by 7. Take the six sevenths of this number. Call this new number i.e, as N1, and it should be divisible by 7. Continue this process till you form N6. Find N and N6. How long you can go like this?
Friday, January 13, 2012
Puzzle 24 Trigonometry
What is the minimum of the absolute value of the sum of all the six trigonometric functions?
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Saturday, January 07, 2012
Puzzle 22 - Cresents on sides of right triangle
ABC is a triangle right
angled at C. Three semicircles are drawn
on the sides AB, BC and CA as the respective diameters. If the sides a, b, c of the triangle are positive
integers and the sum of the shaded areas is also to be a positive integer, how
many distinct such triangles are there with perimeter at most 60 units?
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