Are you asking us to do your math homework for you, or so you can win a bet, or so you can show off?

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I will never answer this because the original poster said these were math problems...that's an insult to real maths.

these are just puzzles.

I am just trying to keep my sister in law "in check". I have 8/10 of her questions answered and she will not help me with rest.

And to Francois ... Sorry about the unintended insult. I am glad that I did not use the a word (algebra). ;)

I'm not too proud ... and it's a slow day

96233+62513 = 158746

5

Greg,

Thanks! I'll take a look at your results and figure out how you got there. I will also give you "full credit" for the answers.

Regards,

Mike

you're sure of your second answer? ;-)

Let's hear the alternative...

Just one.

When they crash, Amtrak will discontinue service for the day.

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"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

If you count the train that arrives just as you depart, and the train that departs just as you arrive.

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"Go yell at an M&M"

OK, dont be too hard on me but why isn't it 3?

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thanks ken ;-)
I do that to my students quite often...always rather fun...

there are several answers for 1.

At the moment your train leaves, there is a train arriving, a train halfway there, and a train leaving your destination. That's three right there. You pass the first one immediately, the second one in 1/2 hour, and the third one in an hour. At that point, another train leave the destination; you pass that one (the fourth) in 1/2 hour. Finally, you pass the train leaving as you arrive (#5).

As Francois indicated, the puzzle is poorly worded.

Here's another: you get on a ski lift at the very beginning of the lift, and get off at the very end of the other end. There are 97 chairs on the lift. How many chairs do you pass on the way up?

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"Go yell at an M&M"

If it's a old style lift where the chairs don't come off the cable (and bunch at either end), and the gap between then is sufficient for your chair to pass the one behind it on the cable after you've sat down (ditto, in reverse, at the other end) and pass doesn't mean overtake ...

96.

At the moment your train leaves, there is a train arriving, a train halfway there, and a train leaving your destination.

Gotcha. Can I plead impaired due to cold medicine and lack of coffee? ;)

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[wipes tears from eyes]

"Impaired" in The Lavender Room. Good one.

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"Go yell at an M&M"

YOu can't count the arrival and departure passes as the trains don;t pass. Everyone knows that the yards at Jax and Talahassee have their arrival and departure tracks on different ends of the yard.

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if they are on the same track then only one.