Category Archives: mathematics

Let’s say you drop a ball from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which is 179 ft high, and it bounces back 10% of the dropped height – 17.9 ft. Then on the second bounce it bounces up 10% again – … Continue reading →

A really simple problem, but needs a trick or two to solve quickly. Question: You take it in turns tossing a coin with a friend – you having the first toss – and keep going until one of you tosses … Continue reading →