1998 AJHSME Problems/Problem 2
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Problem 2
If , what is the value of
?
Solution
Plugging in values for ,
,
, and
, we get
$a\timesd=3\times2=6$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
$b\timesc=4\times1=4$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
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