Sunday Afternoon Maths LXIII
Posted on 2018-04-22
Is it equilateral?
Source: Chalkdust issue 07
In the diagram below, \(ABDC\) is a square. Angles \(ACE\) and \(BDE\) are both 75°.
Is triangle \(ABE\) equilateral? Why/why not?
Cube multiples
Source: Radio 4's Puzzle for Today (set by Daniel Griller)
Six different (strictly) positive integers are written on the faces of a cube. The sum of the numbers on any two adjacent faces is a multiple of 6.
What is the smallest possible sum of the six numbers?
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