A Math Forum Project

Problem of the Week: April - June 1995 About the Problem of the Week || All Problems || Search POWs & POMs April 3-7, 1995: How long must the electric bus poles be? [problem only] List of Students who Submitted Correct Solutions Solutions are under construction. April 10-14, 1995 (repeated April 17-21): The shape of the locus [problem only] List of Students who Submitted Correct Solutions Solutions are under construction. April 24-28, 1995: Trisecting an angle [problem only] List of Students who Submitted Correct Solutions Solutions are under construction. May 1-5, 1995: How to Fell a Tree List of Students who Submitted Correct Solutions Solutions May 8-12, 1995: President Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem [problem only] List of Students who Submitted Correct Solutions Solutions are under construction. May 15-19, 1995: The yard and the walkway List of Students who Submitted Correct Solutions Solutions May 22-26, 1995: Where to put the sprinker head List of Students who Submitted Correct Solutions Solutions May 29 - June 2, 1995: The shortest crease [problem only] List of Students who Submitted Correct Solutions Solutions are under construction. June 5-9, 1995: Why is this picture a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem? [problem only] List of Students who Submitted Correct Solutions Solutions are under construction.