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Amusement and the Art of Mathematics

Help the merchant’s wife!

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A rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He did not want anybody to know about them. One day, his wife asked,“How many gold coins do we have?” After pausing a moment, he replied, “Well! If I divide the coins into two unequal numbers, then 36 times the difference between the two numbers equals the difference between the squares of the two numbers, “The wife looked puzzled. Can you help the merchant’s wife by finding out how many gold coins they have?

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Written by kausikan

December 25, 2009 at 9:11 am

Posted in education, riddles

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  1. 36

    Karthik

    January 4, 2010 at 1:59 am


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