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needhu | 06:40 Tue 17th Feb 2009 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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if i divide the coins into two unequal numbers,then 62 times the difference between the squares of the two numbers will be the total number of coins i have.
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There's something wrong here.
Suppose we call the two piles x and y,with x the larger one, the problem claims that (x squared - y squared) multiplied by something equals (x + y).
But (x squared - y squared ) = (x + y) multiplied by (x - y).
So multiplying (x + y) by (x - y), and again by your 62 can't possibly equal the (x + y) that you started with.
So, whether it's 62 times, 3 times, or a million times, it just won't work.

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