Question
Mary Fairfax Somervilee was a nineteenth century mathematician in
England. To discover the year in which she was awarded a silver
medal for her solution to the Diophantine equation, find the value
of the following expression:
3(1 + 3 + 5 + ... + 51) - 221
England. To discover the year in which she was awarded a silver
medal for her solution to the Diophantine equation, find the value
of the following expression:
3(1 + 3 + 5 + ... + 51) - 221
Answers
Reiny
3(1 + 3 + 5 + ... + 51) - 221
= 3(672) - 221
= 1807
Very odd questions!
Don't tell me somebody has come up with yet another new way to teach "meaningful" math.
= 3(672) - 221
= 1807
Very odd questions!
Don't tell me somebody has come up with yet another new way to teach "meaningful" math.