Re: [math-fun] A New Year's Puzzle

14 Dec 2007


      can the numbers 6, 17, 29 be changed so that the area of "?" becomes an integer?

bob
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Schroeppel, Richard wrote:
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A New Year's Puzzle that's been circulating here ...
B--------------C
          /|\_           /
         / /  \_   29   /
        / |     \_     /
       /  /       \_  /
      /  |   ?      \/
     /   /      __--P
    / 6 |   __--   /
   /    /_--   17 /
  A----Q---------D
ABCD is a parallelogram.  P is on CD, Q is on AD.
The areas of the triangles ABQ, BCP, and PDQ, are 6, 29, and 17.
What's the area of triangle BPQ?
Rich
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Re: [math-fun] A New Year's Puzzle

Robert Baillie