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Question My daughter has a Scavenger Hunt/math quiz that we are totally stumped on. The internet is part of the hunt and it's recommended that you use it, so I am. I have done the steps to complete the problem but I have 3 different answers. This is due today and I really need help. I have listed the answers to the quizes and then the steps to solve the math problem.
The original answers (scavenger quiz answers) A-Y I am 99% sure those are correct as most of them were answers to famous peoples birth dates or number of letters in a saints name. In the steps 1-5 (steps to solve the equation) if you see only a letter (example: h), it refers back to the original answers in A-Y. If it says a step number than a letter it refers to the step and the solution to that number (example: step 1h). Any help you can give would be VERY appreciated as I am totally stumped at this point, it's only been 20+ yrs since I was in high school and unfortunately I haven't used algebra since than :(
Thanks Again
Cyndi
Scavenger Quiz answers:
a. 98
b. 37
c. 5
d. 1000
e. 3164
f. 12
g. 373
h. 3038
I. 10
J. 1/13
k. 1473
l. 16
m. 1
n. 300
o. 3
p. 1810
q. 32
r. 6
s. 6
t. 1
u. 6
v. 900
w. 6
x. 2000
y. 11
STEPS TO SOLVE the equation:
STEP 1: and Answers I came up with:
a. f x s = 72
b. t + m = 2
c. i x j = 10/13
d. a - b = 61
e. u ^ t = 6
f. y - step 1e (answer you get for step 1e) = 5
g. (step 1f) ^ o (this is not zero, it's the letter o)= 125
h. n x c = 1500
i. v + x - p = 1090
j. r x f = 72
k. d + v + step 1j = 1972
l. q ^ w = 1073741824
m. step 1L - g = 1073741451
n. L ^ w = 16777216
o. step 1n - g = 16776843
p. step 1m
------- = 64.01 ????? or maybe
step 1o 1073741451/16776843 ?(step 1m over step 1o does not say to leave as fraction?)
STEP 2: and Answers I came up with:
a. o divided by step 1b = 1.5 ??
b. step 1a
------- = 48
step 2a (step 1a over the top of step 2a
does not say to leave it as a
fraction so i'm not sure?)
c. step 2b + k = 1521
d. step 1c x step 1d x step 1g = 5865 5/13 ???
e. step 2d
------- = 305/78
step 1h (says to leave as fraction)
f. r x step 1i = 6540
g. step 2f divided by i = 654
h. h - step 2g = 2384
i. e - step 1k = 1192
j. (step 2h)
------- X step 1p = 715827634/5592281
(step 2i) (step 2h and step 2i
are in the same () with step 2h over the top of step 2i,I didn't know how to show
that here and it says leave as a fraction)
STEP 3: I'M LOST!
a. step 2e
------- (says to leave as fraction)
step 2j =1705645705/55834555452 ????
STEP 4:
a. square root of step 2c = 39
STEP 5: multiply step 3a by step 4a = FINAL ANSWER
1 273990437/1431655268
Is this right or where did I mess up at.
Answer Hi Cyndi,
It looks like you are doing everything right. I would check your answers for q and w, and any other numbers that yield such big answers. It seems like they would make it so that the numbers worked out nicely, instead of such huge numbers.
