16 ,31
A conference has 47 people attending. One woman knows 16 of the men who are attending, another knows 17, and so on up to the m-th woman who knows all n of the men who are attending. Find m and n.
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Dr.House
·2009-05-29 07:59:54
yes.
The first woman knows that 1+15th, the second knows the 2+15th, and the mth knows the m+15th. Therefore, n = m+15. Also, m+n=47, so m+m+15=47, and 2m=32, so m = 16 and n = 31.
Dr.House
·2009-05-31 19:20:39
2 in one dude. laughing because i called it olympiad kinda.
crying because these were so trivial to be called so.