Intro

First Letter

Chocolate

Glossary

Authors

Guestbook

Book and Links

References



Playground

Rapunzel

Dido's Problem

Pythagoras

Trigonometry

Smart Joe

Fuzzy Logic

Cryptography

Mathematicians



This story is an adaptation of one of the oldest quiz questions known. It was found on a six meter long papyrus scroll which was dated to the age of more than 3½ thousand years. Of course the Egyptians didn't use algebra the way we do. Letters and variables weren't invented until the 16th century by Vieta and others.

Check your answer for the chocolate problem.


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