One wire is 1 foot longer than the other and hits the ground at a point 3 feet farther from the base of the pole. 10 at the vertices and midpoints of a regular pentagon so that the sums of the three numbers along the sides are all the same. Visiting the Seattle Mathcamp was a rewarding experience for me. It was refreshing to watch these students display a mischievous, infectious glee in their passion for mathematics, whether in work or play. Copyright 1996 by Ivars Peterson.
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He is the author of The Mathematical Tourist, Islands of Truth, Newton's Clock, and Fatal Defect.