Answer to February 14, 2005 Problem of the Week

In Mr. P's A.P. Calculus classes, all the students gave each of the other students a valentine.

The women received a total of 798 valentines and the men got 684.

How many students were in Mr. P's class, how many women and how many men?

Solution to the Problem:

The answer is 39 students: 21 women and 18 men.

Correctly solved by:

1. Wajih Ansari	Harrisonburg Virginia
2. Chris Rogers	Winchester, Virginia
3. Kirstine Wynn	St. Olaf's College, Northfield, Minnesota
4. David & Judy Dixon	Bennettsville, South Carolina
5. Jim Arrison	Norristown, Pennsylvania
6. Dave Smith	Toledo, Ohio
7. Walt Arrison	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8. Tarpley Ashworth	Harrisonburg, Virginia
9. Jeffrey Gaither	Winchester, Virginia
10. Kevin Jacobson	Columbus, Georgia
11. Tristan Collins	Winchester, Virginia
12. James Alarie	University of Michigan -- Flint, Flint, Michigan
13. Ben Swartz	Winchester, Virginia
14. Keith Mealy	Cincinnati, Ohio
15. Mac Dillon	Columbus, Georgia
16. Antonio Baptista	Lisboa, Portugal
17. Weimers Winners	Lordstown, Ohio
18. Emily Auerbach	Columbus, Georgia
19. Cameron S.	Columbus, Geeorgia
20. Bahadir "The incredible Hulk" Gungor, Jonathan "Superduperguy" Aldenfalk Jansson, & Ako "Superman" Saleh	Tullangskolan, Orebro of Sweden
21. James Taylor	Lordstown, Ohio
22. Johnas Eklof	Tullangskolan, Orebro, Sweden
23. Cameron Burkholder	Winchester, Virginia
24. Mikael Holmquist	Tullangskolan, Orebro, Sweden
25. Sheila Shah	Arlington, Virginia
26. Gilbert Melanson	Sierra Vista, Arizona
27. Viktor "questionmark" Logrell	Tullangsskolan, Orebro, Sweden
28. Jim Kennedy	Limerick, Ireland
29. Arsalan Heydarian	Harrisonburg Virginia
30. Trey Mason	Winchester, Virginia
31. Hamza Rashid	Harrisonburg Virginia
32. Larry Schwartz	Trumbull, Connecticut
33. Misty Carlisle	Winchester, Virginia
34. Jaime Garcia	Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
35. Arin Smith	Winchester, Virginia
36. Deepak Tyagi	----------