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e.g. -------- For the (street) Numbers (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)

(1,2,3,4,5) and (7,8) both add up to 15.



“In a given street of houses with consecutive numbers between 50 and
500, find the house number, for which, the sum of numbers on the left is
equal to the sum of numbers on the right”



Ramanujan and Strand Puzzle

this was a very interesting puzzle tackled by the genius
Srinivasa Ramanujan. In the year 1914, P.C. Mahalanobis, a Kings
college student in England, got hold of a puzzle from the Strand magazine.

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On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:07:56 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

e.g. -------- For the (street) Numbers (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)

(1,2,3,4,5) and (7,8) both add up to 15.

“In a given street of houses with consecutive numbers between 50 and
500, find the house number, for which, the sum of numbers on the left is equal to the sum of numbers on the right”

Ramanujan and Strand Puzzle

this was a very interesting puzzle tackled by the genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. In the year 1914, P.C. Mahalanobis, a Kings college student in England, got hold of a puzzle from the Strand
magazine.

Solution found at: https://ubpdqnmathematica.wordpress.com/2021/12/05/ramanujan-and-strand-puzzle/

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