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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 28, No. 12. 1965.

Mr. X's Column

Mr. X's Column

Item in local rag, "Pill Swells Female Labour Force." Developed as a cheap, surefire method of birth control in over-populated, under-developed countries, it has achieved far more widespread use and effect in western civilisation. As the world population is already three coloured people to one white, the colour problem will soon be non-existent: i.e. no whites.

The New computer seems to have induced some sort of a time warp on the seventh floor of Rankine-Brown. Its clock was five minutes faster than the other clocks in the building. Perhaps it's just that these Government types like knocking off early. Mind you, a clock face in the library was reading 2.15 whilst the other face read 7.00.

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Answer to problem in last issue. Column admits ambiguity of question. An additional provision should have been added: various sums could be made up of coins of the same value. Apologies for the inconvenience caused, especially to the members of the Physics department. The answer (which is minimal) is: 1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 16, 20, 25, 30, 34, 39, 41, 46, 47, 49, and 50 cent coins. A total of 16 denominations.

I Found the other day some reasons for feeling a bit tired after a round of golf. Researchers in Britain and USA have released some figures on golf swings.

—In the downswing of the first-class golfer the clubhead accelerates from rest to over 100mph in [unclear: sec].

—A good drive starts off at 140mph or more.

—In executing a drive a golfer develops about 4 horsepower. This requires the use of over 301b of muscle, most of this coming from the shoulders.

Plumb wears me out thinking about it. Who says golf is a game for old men and cripples?

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1.A variation on the problem of replacing the letters with digits: The letters in the multiplication problem below are all prime numbers, but not necessarily the same numbers.

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2.Take the nine digits 9 to 1 in descending order. Arrange them with the minimum number of + and — signs to form an expression that equals 100.
3.What is the area of a triangle whose sides are 13, 18, and 31 inches?
4.4. What familiar English word is pronounced wrongly by all the science professors of this university?
5.5. A fish in a circular tank swims from the edge North 600ft reaching the edge again. He then swims East 800ft. What is the diameter of the tank?

(Answers page 17)