If the sides of the triangle in the diagram are 3, 4 and 5, what is the area of the shaded square?
At the beginning of the night three poker players; Alan, Bernie and Craig had money in the ratios 7 : 6 : 5. At the end of the night the ratio was 6 : 5 : 4. One of them won $1 200. What were the assets of the players at the beginning of the evening?
A garrison of 600 men has just enough bread ... but, with the news that the enemy was planning an attack... How many ounces of bread a day must each man in the garrison be allowed, to hold out 45 days against the siege of the enemy?
dried apricots $£7$ per kg
nuts $£6$ per kg
seeds $£4$ per kg
He has been asked to supply a mix which costs $£5$ per kg.
What combination of ingredients could he supply?
Is there a relationship between the amounts of each ingredient that he could supply?