{"id":1166,"date":"2021-12-02T19:36:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/chapter\/chapter-1-7-puzzles-for-homework\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T12:11:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T16:11:40","slug":"puzzles-for-homework","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/chapter\/puzzles-for-homework\/","title":{"raw":"1.7 Puzzles for Homework","rendered":"1.7 Puzzles for Homework"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Exercise 1.7.1<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nThere are four known solutions to the following math puzzle, in which you can move just one line to fix the equation. How many solutions can you find?\r\n\r\n<img class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/intermediatealgebraberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/304\/2021\/12\/puzzles.jpg\" width=\"302\" height=\"101\" \/>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Exercise 1.7.2<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nAre the following statements true?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Letters A, B, C and D do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 99<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Letter D appears for the first time in \"hundred\"<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Letters A, B and C do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Letter A appears for the first time in \"thousand\"<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Letters B and C do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999,999,999<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Letter B appears for the first time in \"billion\"<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Letter C does not appear anywhere in any word used to count in English<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Exercise 1.7.1<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>There are four known solutions to the following math puzzle, in which you can move just one line to fix the equation. 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