Melody

x+(x+1)+x+2)=63

there is a bracket missing

x+(x+1)+(x+2)=63

x+x+1+x+2=63

3x+3=63

3x=60

x=20

3841/x= 3680

3841/3680 = x

3841/3680 = 1.04375

the divisor is 1.04375

because

3841/1.04375 = 3680

Hi Badinage,

I have not seen you for ages

I am glad that you are here now :)))

Very impressive Heureka :)

Jonothan,

I am impressed with your enthusiasm in the forum but do you really think that the company will order 14.6 boxes of paper?

\(3\frac{1}{2}+1\frac{5}{7}\)

would be entered as

(3+1/2)+(1+5/7)=

(3+1/2)+(1+5/7) = 5.2142857142857143 = \(\frac{73}{14}\)

The link didn't work, I will try again.

Wolfram alpha gives a step by step solution here

Thanks ClownPrinceofChaos,

Here is someone's theory of what this is all about.

This threory does not involve a lot of humour though :)     

ok I looked up quadrantal angle - it is just one that is not specifically in any quadrant ie 90k degress where k is an integer.

\(sec\; \theta < 0\\ \frac{1}{cos\;\theta}\;<0\\ cos\theta <0\\ \text{This is true when }\\\theta\;\; \text{is in the second or third quad }\\\text{and when }\theta=\pm180k\;\;degrees \;\;k\in Z\)

So Metalica, your answer is correct :)