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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: william wu, towr, Eigenray, Grimbal, Icarus, SMQ, ThudnBlunder)    A Hollow Square And Solid Square Puzzle « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: A Hollow Square And Solid Square Puzzle  (Read 438 times) K Sengupta Senior Riddler     Gender: Posts: 371 A Hollow Square And Solid Square Puzzle   « on: Jun 25th, 2006, 12:06am » Quote Modify A contingent of soldiers is constituted in the form of a hollow square (P2 + 1) deep ( P is a positive integer),  when  it  was  observed that with  the  induction of an additional ( 2P2 + 1 )2 soldiers, it would be possible to form a solid square with the number of soldiers in each side greater by P(4P2 + 3)  than the positive square root of the number of soldiers in each side of the hollow square constituted previously.     Given that the original strength of the contingent was 323440, determine the number of soldiers in each side of the hollow square formed previously with members of the contingent.   « Last Edit: Jun 25th, 2006, 12:08am by K Sengupta » IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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