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MATH PROBLEMS?

Maths in the City posted this on twitter:

In order to make a number we can call, we need both of n=(10x)(13i2) and m=sin(xy)2.362x to be integers.

Multiply out the first one:

(10x)(13i)2=1690x

So x needs to be of the form

n1690,

Now, to look at the second part!

Substituting in the expression we had for x, we get

m=sin((n1690)y)2.362(n1690).

Let’s rearrange that to find y in terms of m and n:

2.362mn1690=sin(ny1690)sin1(2.362mn1690)=ny1690

At this point, note that sin(z)=sin(z).

ny1690=sin1(2.362mn1690)y=(1690n)sin1(2.362mn1690)

Which is great!

Since sin1 is defined only on values in the range [1,1], and we want both m and n to be positive, we need

02.362mn16901

i.e.

mn16902.362,

or,

mn715.495343.

So if you have “math problems”, call any number 1-800-n-m such that mn715.

Comments

Comments

I’ll take your word on this. If any chance of me solving, I would have tried, but forget Trig 100%, so not a chance …

Sure that the x in the last term (2.362x) is supposed to be in the denominator?

i is the square root of 1, i.e. i2=1, so it’s the minus sign.