Can you determine each eight letter math word in the three puzzles below from the given clues?
Puzzle 1: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Clue #1: My first letter is found in ANGLE but not found in LINE
Clue #2: My second letter is found in KITE but not found in DISK
Clue #3: My fourth letter is found in LIMIT but not found in INTEGRAL
Clue #4: My fifth letter is found in LEMMA but not found in LOGARITHM
Clue #5: My sixth letter is found in INTERVAL but not found in INVERSE
Clue #6: My eighth letter is found in INFINITY but not found in INFINITE
Puzzle 2: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Clue #1: My first letter is found in PRODUCT but not found in UNCOUNTABLE
Clue #2: My second letter is found in THOUSAND but not found in HUNDRED
Clue #3: My third letter is found in APOTHEM but not found in HYPERBOLA
Clue #4: My fifth letter is found in AXIOM but not found in AXIS
Clue #5: My sixth letter is found in NEGATIVE but not found in AVERAGE
Clue #6: My seventh letter is found in BASE but not found in BISECT
Clue #7: My eighth letter is found in SCALAR but not found in ARCSINE
Puzzle 3: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Clue #1: My first letter is found in CUBE but not found in SQUARE
Clue #2: My second letter is found in ELLIPSE but not found in PARABOLA
Clue #3: My fourth letter is found in VOLUME but not found in PERIMETER
Clue #4: My fifth letter is found in TERM but not found in THREE
Clue #5: My sixth letter is found in AXIS but not found in AXES
Clue #6: My seventh letter is found in CALCULUS but not found in TRIGONOMETRY
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Solution to the Problem:
The three words are:
Puzzle 1: GEOMETRY
Puzzle 2: RATIONAL
Puzzle 3: BINOMIAL
Correctly solved by:
1. Heather Widener | Falls Church, Virginia, USA |
2. Rob Miles | Northbrook, Illinois, USA |
3. Ivy Joseph | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
4. K.Sengupta | Calcutta, INDIA |
5. Seth Cohen | Concord, New Hampshire, USA |
6. Davit Banana | Istanbul, Turkey |
7. Dr. Hari Kishan |
D.N. College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India |
8. Colin (Yowie) Bowey | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia |
9. Kelly Stubblefield | Mobile, Alabama, USA |