September 27th, 2006 . by Vanaja

There are 11 faces in the picture. Can you find them all?
For a clearer view you can click the picture and download it. Or press F11.
Normal people find 5 or 6.If you find 8 you have a good sense of observation.
(Of course observation is very essential for learning Mathematics)
If you find 9, your sence of observation is above average.
If you find 10,you are a very good observer.
If you find 11, you are an extreamly good observer.
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September 26th, 2006 . by Vanaja

You may be amazed to hear that people have bothered to dream of jokes with a mathematical theme. Here is a few to keep you going.
• ‘Old mathematicians never die’-they just lose their functions.
• ‘Mathematicians don’t sin-they sine, and always have a nice tan but are forever going off on a tangent.
• Math teacher mum talking to her son-…..’ if I have told you n times I have told you n+1 times’
• What do you call a tea pot of boiling water on top of Mount Everest- H ypotenuse( high pot in use)
>• WHY IS 6 AFRAID OF 7? -Because 789 (7 ate 9)
• What is the sine of 40?- Over the hill.
• What did one math book say to another book?- I have lots of problems.
• SON: Dad, will you do maths homework for me tonight ?
FATHER:No son, it wouldn’t be right.
SON: Well, you can try.
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September 25th, 2006 . by Vanaja
Today we can have a number problem.O.K?
On his way to school, Jim is knocked down by a car.
He noticed the number of the car.
• The digit in thousand’s place is 4 times the digit in unit place
• The digit in ten’s place is half of the digit in thousand’s place
• The digit in hundred’s place is 3 less than the digit in ten’s place
• Two is in the unit place
Find the number.
I think it is very easy to find out.
Ans: 8142
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September 24th, 2006 . by Vanaja
The Law of Cosines
In any triangle ABC ,

If we know the three sides of any triangle, we can find the angles of the triangles using this formula.
Example:
In a triangle ABC, given a=25, b=52, c=63. Find A
Ans.
We have

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September 20th, 2006 . by Vanaja
I think yesterday you had a big laugh after reading math genius. So today we are fresh and can have some lessons from Trigonometry.
We know the three sides and three angles of a triangle are called its parts. The process of finding the unknown parts of a triangle from its known parts is known as solution of a triangle. This has many applications in surveying, navigation, astronomy and other sciences.
In a Triangle ABC, The angles are denoted by A,B,C and the lengths of the corresponding opposite sides BC, CA and AB by a,b, and c respectively.
The Law of Sines

Using this formula we can find solutions of a triangle.If any three parts are given, we can find the other three parts.
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September 19th, 2006 . by Vanaja
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September 19th, 2006 . by Vanaja
Yesterday I visited a blog. I found this post. I couldn’t stop laughing.
Click here to view that post.
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September 18th, 2006 . by Vanaja
See the picture below

Can you tell me the answer?
It’s an optical illusion.The hypotenuse of both triangles seem to be straight lines but they’re not.
I think the answer lies in the fact that neither shape is actually a triangle, they are quadrilaterals. They have four sides.
The side that looks like it is the hypotenuse is actually two sides, the corner being where the green and red triangle.
I have searched the web and find an answer here.
If you have any good explanation about this please let me know.
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September 12th, 2006 . by Vanaja
There are 10 trees spaced out equally along my street with one at each end. If I run at a steady speed from one end of the street, I can reach the 5 th tree in just 5 seconds.
How long would it take me to run down the whole street at the same pase?
( No, it is not 10 seconds)
Did you get the answer?
When I reach the 5 th tree I cover 4 trees.
So,time taken to cover 4 trees is 5 seconds.
So, time taken to cover 1 tree is 5/4 seconds.
When I reach the 10 th tree I cover 9 trees.
So, time taken to cover 9 trees( and this is same as the time taken to run down the whole street) is 9 multiplies 5/4
ie 45/4
or
11.25 seconds
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