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Michael Plasmeier

5/17/2007

P.D.:7

3. Solution: 301 eggs were lost in the crash. I now this answer is correct because I tried

to divide 301 by all the numbers and see that there was a remainder of 1. [Fig 9]

Test

301

150 r1

100 r1

75 r1

60 r1

50 r1

[Fig 9] 7’s Trial of 301

I was correct. I am now going to try to extend my problem to see if there are more

solutions. I tried 601, (because that was almost double 301.) However, that does not go

into 7. I am going to try to multiply the first 3 in the hundreds place by 7, to get 2101.

Let me try that. That number also does not go into 7. I will now try extending Chart 8,

following the rules on p.4. Eventually I found the number 1141. I don’t see a pattern

between this and 301. I will extend the chart further, to 1561, which is another possible

combo. I think I missed 1. Let me set up a chart analyzing these results. [Fig. 10]

Test

number's

301

Difference

1141

840

1561

420

[Fig 10] Answer’s

Relations

I see that the difference between each answer decreases by ½ each time this must mean

that the next answer is 210 more then 1561 to be 1171. Let me test that. 1771 does not

divide correctly into 4. Therefore that pattern is not correct. I will now sum this up with

the answer to the 2

question; yes there can be more then 1 solution. However, I think

301 is correct, because you can’t spend a lot of time repacking 1561 eggs over and over

again. 301 is also a lot of eggs to repack.

4. Extension: Not necessary to do.

5. Evaluation: Not necessary to do.

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