Serious Daily math problem thread

[RREEEEEEEEE]

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@Diocel
The maximum values is 8/27.
Achieved when a=b=c=1/3.

Inequality of arithmetic and geometric means - Wikipedia

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[Snowstormhigh]

Shut up GrAYboi

 

[WorldYamataizer]

Problem #0004

In the diagram, KLJ is right angled at J, with JK=3 and JL=4.
KLJ is inscribed in a quarter circle with radius ML, as shown.
What is the area of the quarter circle?

@Diocel @grondilu @mental_out @SelfCrucified @your personality @Divergent_Integral

Have a marvelous day and happy problem solving.

 

[muharremabi]

Shit i am legit low IQ

 

[SelfCrucified]

stumped tbh ngl

 

[Hail The Bloatlord]

Problem #0004
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In the diagram, KLJ is right angled at J, with JK=3 and JL=4.
KLJ is inscribed in a quarter circle with radius ML, as shown.
What is the area of the quarter circle?

@Diocel @grondilu @mental_out @SelfCrucified @your personality @Divergent_Integral

Have a marvelous day and happy problem solving.

12.56

 

[LonelyMishima]

Based Post

 

[SelfCrucified]

I think i may have a solution soon
jk im still stumped

 

[nihility]

Problem #0004
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In the diagram, KLJ is right angled at J, with JK=3 and JL=4.
KLJ is inscribed in a quarter circle with radius ML, as shown.
What is the area of the quarter circle?

@Diocel @grondilu @mental_out @SelfCrucified @your personality @Divergent_Integral

Have a marvelous day and happy problem solving.

5pi

 

[LittleBoy]

Yes. Thank you for this.
Can I share some problems as well?

Tbh we need more high IQ threads like this.

 

[WorldYamataizer]

5pi

Yes, that’s correct.
Could you give me a brief outline of the method you used to arrive at that conclusion? I’d love to know, since I only have two different solutions I plan on presenting tomorrow

 

[Irredeemable]

Problem #0004
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In the diagram, KLJ is right angled at J, with JK=3 and JL=4.
KLJ is inscribed in a quarter circle with radius ML, as shown.
What is the area of the quarter circle?

@Diocel @grondilu @mental_out @SelfCrucified @your personality @Divergent_Integral

Have a marvelous day and happy problem solving.

4π

 

[grondilu]

This is an interesting one.

I think it can be solved by using the angle MLK as an unknown parameter x. Then you solve for the distance MJ to be 5 cos(x). The distance MJ is four times the sine of the angle MLJ, which is x plus the angle KLJ, which is known. PS. No it's not, my bad.

 

[Irredeemable]

This is an interesting one.

I think it can be solved by using the angle MLK as an unknown parameter x. Then you solve for the distance MJ to be 5 cos(x). The distance MJ is four times the sine of the angle MLJ, which is x plus the angle MLJ, which is known.

Are the triangles KML and JKL congruent? I assumed it, but I'm not sure.

 

[nihility]

Yes, that’s correct.
Could you give me a brief outline of the method you used to arrive at that conclusion? I’d love to know, since I only have two different solutions I plan on presenting tomorrow

Will do tommorow

 

[grondilu]

Are the triangles KML and JKL congruent? I assumed it, but I'm not sure.

Nah don't pay attention to what I wrote, I was trying to be quick but I ended up writing something wrong.

 

[WorldYamataizer]

Hint for problem #0004

Try looking at isosceles JML

 

[grondilu]

I used Mathematica, ngl.

Apparently MK is half a radius. If one can prove that then it's easy.

PS. Found the most elegant way. See below in the thread.

 

[Irredeemable]

I used Mathematica, ngl.
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Is the solution supposed to be that complex? Wow.

 

[grondilu]

Is the solution supposed to be that complex? Wow.

Probably not. This is kind of the brute force approach, I'm sure there is a shortcut somehow.

 

[Over_this_Life]

I am brain dead at math

 

[hikicel]

math is for faggots

 

[grondilu]

Oh I think I see the smarter way to do it.

Spoiler

We can consider the whole circle and the point L' with whom L forms a diameter. Then everything is much simpler, especially since L', K and J are aligned (not obvious, but probably not difficult to prove either)
Then the squared diameter is (5+3)² + 4² = 64 + 16 = 80. We can divide by 4 to get the squared radius, which gives 20, and by four again and multiply by pi to get the quarter of the disk area. This gives 5pi.

PS. To prove that L', K and J are aligned, we just need to see that the triangle L'JL is right-angled in J because this angle intercepts a diameter. Thus the line L'J is orthogonal to JL, and since KJ is orthogonal to JL too, these lines are the same because by one point only one line can intersect an other line with a right angle (Euclide's axiom).

Guys, next time you propose a geometry problem, I suggest you name your points with letters A, E, R, J, F, L, N, G, H, T, B and make it so the demonstration involves segments ER, AF, or triangles TBH, JFL and NGL

 

[SelfCrucified]

Then the squared diameter is (5+3)² + 4² = 64 + 16 = 80

How do you figure this?

Hint for problem #0004

Try looking at isosceles JML

I have considered this but still I cannot find a way to determine the length of the radius.

 

[grondilu]

How do you figure this?

L'K = KL, and KL = 5 by hypothesis, so L'K = 5.
L'J = L'K +KJ = 5+3 = 8
KJ = 3 and JL = 4 by hypothesis

 

[WorldYamataizer]

Oh I think I see the smarter way to do it.

Spoiler

We can consider the whole circle and the point L' with whom L forms a diameter. Then everything is much simpler, especially since L', K and J are aligned (not obvious, but probably not difficult to prove either)
Then the squared diameter is (5+3)² + 4² = 64 + 16 = 80. We can divide by 4 to get the squared radius, which gives 20, and by four again and multiply by pi to get the quarter of the disk area. This gives 5pi.

PS. To prove that L', K and J are aligned, we just need to see that the triangle L'JL is right-angled in J because this angle intercepts a diameter. Thus the line L'J is orthogonal to JL, and since KJ is orthogonal to JL too, these lines are the same because by one point only one line can intersect an other line with a right angle (Euclide's axiom).

Guys, next time you propose a geometry problem, I suggest you name your points with letters A, E, R, J, F, L, N, G, H, T, B and make it so the demonstration involves segments ER, AF, or triangles TBH, JFL and NGL

Beautiful solution, well done! I did not solve the problem this way, but this is brilliant. Kudos to you, man.
Also, I will totally use segments ER, AF and triangles TBH, JFL. Even maybe quadrilateral GOER next tme.

How do you figure this?

I have considered this but still I cannot find a way to determine the length of the radius.

One of my solutions involves the cosine addition identity. Namely cos(a+b)=cos(a)cos(b)-sin(a)sin(b).
Look at isosceles JML and see if you can find a sneaky way to use this .
If we call P the midpoint of JL, then MP is also orthogonal to JL. Isn't cos(x)=adjacent/hypotenuse?

 

[grondilu]

Also, I will totally use segments ER, AF and triangles TBH, JFL. Even maybe quadrilateral GOER next tme.

I'm looking forward to it

 

[NirvanaFan1988]

Why this IQ mog thread was pinned?
@Divergent_Integral @WorldYamataizer, why aren't you studymaxxxing so that you can betamaxxx later?
You have hopes, unlike braindead cels like me.

 

[WorldYamataizer]

Why this IQ mog thread was pinned?
@Divergent_Integral @WorldYamataizer, why aren't you studymaxxxing so that you can betamaxxx later?
You have hopes, unlike braindead cels like me.

First, this is not an IQ mog thread. This is simply a thread where incels who enjoy racking their brain on a challenging math problem can come together and do so.

I assure you none of us here were gifted with an “extraordinary talent in mathematics” as I was unable to solve problem #0003, and I stumped a few users with #0004. We just like a challenging puzzle!

Maybe mods pinned it because this thread will be thriving for a while? Not sure about that. I am studymaxxing btw. I’m going into my first year of Uni this fall for math. Im not planning on betabux. I just have to get my degree so my rice parents can have “peace of mind” then I can move on with my life.

 

[NirvanaFan1988]

First, this is not an IQ mog thread. This is simply a thread where incels who enjoy racking their brain on a challenging math problem can come together and do so.

I assure you none of us here were gifted with an “extraordinary talent in mathematics” as I was unable to solve problem #0003, and I stumped a few users with #0004. We just like a challenging puzzle!

Maybe mods pinned it because this thread will be thriving for a while? Not sure about that. I am studymaxxing btw. I’m going into my first year of Uni this fall for math. Im. ot planning on betabux. I just have to get my degree so my rice parents can have “peace of mind” then I can move on with my life.

Ewwww sounds bittersweet, but at least you are being educated and doing something with your lifetime unlike rotting neets like me who can't study in uni.
Still mogs me

 

[WorldYamataizer]

Ewwww sounds bittersweet, but at least you are being educated and doing something with your lifetime unlike rotting neets like me who can't study in uni.
Still mogs me

Misery loves company! Dw brocel, everyone here on .co got ur back. I hope you find some really sweet, zen copes.

 

[waste matter]

MATHmxxing rather METHmaxx

 

[polar inertia]

Despite two Degrees i still feel like a cavemen everytime i'm looking at Math problems.

 

[grondilu]

Prob #0004 in a Nutshell (done online with geogebra ):

I actually still don't quite understand why MK is half a radius. Oh well.

 

[nihility]

I was recently at an international airport, trying to get from one end of a very long terminal to another. It inspired in me the following simple maths puzzle, which I thought I would share here:

Suppose you are trying to get from one end A of a terminal to the other end B. (For simplicity, assume the terminal is a one-dimensional line segment.) Some portions of the terminal have moving walkways (in both directions); other portions do not. Your walking speed is a constant

, but while on a walkway, it is boosted by the speed

of the walkway for a net speed of

. (Obviously, given a choice, one would only take those walkways that are going in the direction one wishes to travel in.) Your objective is to get from A to B in the shortest time possible.

1. Suppose you need to pause for some period of time, say to tie your shoe. Is it more efficient to do so while on a walkway, or off the walkway? Assume the period of time required is the same in both cases.
2. Suppose you have a limited amount of energy available to run and increase your speed to a higher quantity
   
   (or
   
   , if you are on a walkway). Is it more efficient to run while on a walkway, or off the walkway? Assume that the energy expenditure is the same in both cases.

 

[AAAAAAAAAAAcel]

Ngl this problems gave me a hard time. I guess I'm too out of touch with normal eulerian geometry.

Maby after the exams I might give a look into it, but too much mathceling might actually kill me so Idk

 

[WorldYamataizer]

Solutions to Problem #0004

Problem

Problem #0004
View attachment 386812
In the diagram, KLJ is right angled at J, with JK=3 and JL=4.
KLJ is inscribed in a quarter circle with radius ML, as shown.
What is the area of the quarter circle?

@Diocel @grondilu @mental_out @SelfCrucified @your personality @Divergent_Integral

Have a marvelous day and happy problem solving.

 

[Divergent_Integral]

Nice solutions, @WorldYamataizer. Very ingenious, fellow mathcel.

Here's

Problem #0005 (a bit easier than the previous ones)

At which times during the day do the hour and minute hands of an ordinary analog clock make exactly equally sized angles on both sides of the vertical line joining the 12h and 6h marks? Give your answer to the nearest second. You may assume that both hands move at a perfectly continuous rate, in such a way that every time the minute hand hits the 12h mark, the hour hand exactly hits an hour mark.

Bonus problem: See post #88 by @nihility

@Diocel @grondilu @mental_out @SelfCrucified @your personality @Irredeemable @Caesercel @mNFwTJ3wz9 @WorldYamataizer @nihility

 

[Hail The Bloatlord]

I was recently at an international airport, trying to get from one end of a very long terminal to another. It inspired in me the following simple maths puzzle, which I thought I would share here:

Suppose you are trying to get from one end A of a terminal to the other end B. (For simplicity, assume the terminal is a one-dimensional line segment.) Some portions of the terminal have moving walkways (in both directions); other portions do not. Your walking speed is a constant

, but while on a walkway, it is boosted by the speed

of the walkway for a net speed of

. (Obviously, given a choice, one would only take those walkways that are going in the direction one wishes to travel in.) Your objective is to get from A to B in the shortest time possible.

1. Suppose you need to pause for some period of time, say to tie your shoe. Is it more efficient to do so while on a walkway, or off the walkway? Assume the period of time required is the same in both cases.
2. Suppose you have a limited amount of energy available to run and increase your speed to a higher quantity
   
   (or
   
   , if you are on a walkway). Is it more efficient to run while on a walkway, or off the walkway? Assume that the energy expenditure is the same in both cases.

more efficient to tie your shoe off the walkway
more efficient to run on the walkway

 

[mNFwTJ3wz9]

1. Suppose you need to pause for some period of time, say to tie your shoe. Is it more efficient to do so while on a walkway, or off the walkway? Assume the period of time required is the same in both cases.

Efficient to do it on the walkway.
Assume you "race" yourself, and one version of you stops to tie the shoe just before getting on a walkway, while the other version gets on the walkway and starts tying their shoes. The latter has a lead, which cannot be compensated for.
This isn't math tbh.

 

[nihility]

This isn't math tbh.

it is lel

 

[mNFwTJ3wz9]

it is lel

the second one is tbh
not the first.

 

[nihility]

the second one is tbh
not the first.

first can be answered on a mathematical level and on phically intuitive level

 

[mNFwTJ3wz9]

Suppose you have a limited amount of energy available to run and increase your speed to a higher quantity

(or

, if you are on a walkway). Is it more efficient to run while on a walkway, or off the walkway? Assume that the energy expenditure is the same in both cases.

Assuming time of sprint is constant t1, distances for walkway is (u + v') * t1 and distance for non walkway is v' * t1 WLOG
time of sprint in walkway = (v' / v) * t1 + t1
time of sprint in non-walkway = ((u + v')/(u+v)) * t1 + t1
Obviously 2nd one is lower time

first can be answered on a mathematical level and on phically intuitive level

Even the second is less but still intuitive tbh
Like if you think of v' is infinity/very high or u is infinity/very high
It would obviously be useful to use the "teleport" to skip the walking (v' is high)
Or it would be obvious to speed up while walking, rather than during the "teleport" (u is high)

At which times during the day do the hour and minute hands of an ordinary analog clock make exactly equally sized angles on both sides of the vertical line joining the 12h and 6h marks? Give your answer to the nearest second. You may assume that both hands move at a perfectly continuous rate, in such a way that every time the minute hand hits the 12h mark, the hour hand exactly hits an hour mark.

Are you asking this ?

if so then timing is h,m
and the equation is h/12 + m/60 = (30-m)/60
h = 0,1,2,3...11

 

[Divergent_Integral]

time of sprint in walkway = (v' / v) * t1 + t1
time of sprint in non-walkway = ((u + v')/(u+v)) * t1 + t1
Obviously 2nd one is lower time

Even the second is less but still intuitive tbh
Like if you think of v' is infinity/very high or u is infinity/very high
It would obviously be useful to use the "teleport" to skip the walking (v' is high)
Or it would be obvious to speed up while walking, rather than "teleport" (u is high)

Are you asking this ?
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if so then timing is h,m
and the equation is h/12 + m/60 = (30-m)/60
h = 0,1,2,3...11

I said both sides of the line. So like 1:50, but more precisely.

 

[mNFwTJ3wz9]

I said both sides of the line. So like 1:50, but more precisely.

then it will be : h/12 + m/60 = 1 - m/60
h = 0,1,2,3...11

 

[grondilu]

Basically from midnight, and then every 43200/13 seconds.

 

[Ineedassitance]

Mathematicians on the forum? Wtf is wrong with society

 

[grondilu]

Mathematicians on the forum? Wtf is wrong with society

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[WorldYamataizer]

I'm having trouble wrapping my head around problem #0005. I'm not sure how to even begin. Gonna go on a walk to ponder it. I'm thinking trig functions.
I'll get back to yall if i get somewhere.