Saturday, December 19, 2009

Algebra Challenge

If you're a fan of math (I'm not,) there a whole division of challenges you could play with. For instance, below is an algebraic problem in which you must convert a complex fraction into a simple one...

1) Solve and choose the closest answer:

y2 m4 b x6 a z3 n8
n7 b y2 m3 x6 a-2 z3
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r3 h2 u2 q3 b2 k3 a3 e t5 p2 k w8 s4
w6 h q2 k3 a -2 t4 p r h u2 r2 w2 p a-2 b q e k-2 b q e k-2 s4

A) Aquaman
B) Hawkman
C) Superman
D) Man-Bat
E) I Don't Know

Even with a vague recollection of high school math, you may notice the shorter first fraction followed by a minus sign, indicating the first "word" would likely be shorter, and that there might be a hyphen between the "words." If you successfully reduced the problem you would find the answer is Man-Bat.

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