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have?"
After pausing a moment, he replied, "Well! If I divide the coins into
two unequal numbers, then 37 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?
">A rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He did not want anybodyto know about them. One day, his wife asked, "How many gold coins do wehave?"After pausing a moment, he replied, "Well! If I divide the coins intotwo unequal numbers, then 37 times the difference between the twonumbers equals the difference between the squares of the two numbers."The wife looked puzzled. Can you help the merchant's wife by findingout how many gold coins?
37(x-y) =x^2-y^2. You no that x^2-y^2=(x-y)(x+y).So (x-y) cancels on both sides to give x+y=37.so sum of unequal halves=37 which is the req answer.
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Glenn and Jason each have a collection of cricket balls. Glenn saidthat if Jason would give him 2 of his balls they would have an equalnumber; but, if Glenn would give Jason 2 of his balls, Jason would have 2times as many balls as Glenn. How many balls does Jason have?
1. G+2=j-22. 2(G-2)=J+2.solve these 2 to getJ=14