Time for MATH MINUTE! (provide your favorite theme
music here).
Get out
your paper & pencil because I have a new puzzle for you!!
PUZZLE #8 Politicians Oct. 30
-Nov. 3
Suppose
there are 100 politicians at a recent convention, and everyone of them is
either honest or crooked.
Also,
suppose we know that at least one of them is honest, and if we have any two of
them together, we know that at least one of the two is crooked.
Can
you tell from this information exactly how many of them are honest and how many
are crooked?
Send your
comments, ideas and solutions before Monday Nov. 6
to the email below, and in the subject line be sure to
put: * MM *
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See you next time on MATH MINUTE! (theme music fades out here).