July 2021 Problem of the Month
Oxford Problem
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In the book,
Lewis Carroll in Numberland
, the author mentions that one of the problems that Lewis Carroll encountered at Oxford in 1854 was to solve the following equations:
x
3
- y
3
= 98
x - y = 2
Can you solve for x and y? Show all work.
Send your solution by the end of the month to:
David Pleacher