shaan

• Mar 17th, 2006

 

let me know, how it is 106*106

saraswathi devi

• Mar 25th, 2006

 

There is a square cabbage patch.He told his sister that i have a
larger patch than last year and hence 211 more cabbages this year. Then
how many cabbages I have this year.?

Abishek Bellamkonda

• Mar 30th, 2006

 

I think the answer is wrong. Here is the correct answer. Its a square this year, so the area is L * L. Last year it must have been L * oldL. The difference is 211.;L*L-L*oldL = 211;L*(L-oldL) = 211; OldL is less than current L by say x.L*(L-(L-x)) = 211; L*x = 211. 211 is a prime number. So either L or x must b 1. As we know that L is larger than x, x must be 1 and L must be 211. So L*L = 44521.Note: This assumes that L and x have to be natural numbers. We can have many solutions, if its not natural numbers.

ganapathy

• Nov 6th, 2006

 

ya, the answer 106*106 is correct. the explanation is simple. the diff. btwn 106*106 and 105*105 is 211.the simple way to solve is (n+1)/2. which implies (211+1)/2=106.