Monday, March 6, 2017

Heads and Tails

MY KIND OF MATH: So, we do math here at MPA. We like math. Math is good and important!

However, our math studies are not, shall we say, traditional. We have textbooks, and use them from time to time, and we do everyday math (figure out the tip on the tab, measurement conversions for recipes, etc.), but our default/more common approach to math is contemplating logic problems. Things that make you go, "Hmm ..."

One such problem was posed to all of us today via a favorite book, The Amazing Mathematical Amusement Arcade, circa 1984, by Brian Bolt.

Check out the problem above and let us know how you do. The solution is so simple when you know the solution, lol. When you don't, it's completely vexing!!!


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