Sleight of mind.(briefing)

From: ABA Banking Journal | Date: November 1, 2007| Author: Nielsen, Lilian | Copyright information

The NUMBERS and CUBES puzzle we ran in September brought in a small response from you bankers. It was very difficult. The problem was that there were only two numbers that would fit that description. They were, as Mike Stewart wrote: 5/7 and 8/7. He pointed out that credit goes to Diophantus. As you undoubtedly know, he was the famous Greek mathematician who invented Algebra!

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Stewart, PMP, CBCP, who is vice-president, SunTrust Robinson ...

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