Question 44

Challenge question #44 (13/02/2017)

Junior Question

A man is blindfolded. There are 2020 coins on a table in front of him, and he is told that 66 of the coins are facing heads up.

How can the man divide the coins into two piles, so that each pile contains the same number of heads?

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Senior Question

Prove that 2tan1(13)+tan1(17)=π42\tan^{-1}\left(\tfrac{1}{3}\right)+\tan^{-1}\left(\tfrac{1}{7}\right)=\tfrac{\pi}{4}.

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