TY  - BOOK
AU  - Konhauser, Joseph D E.
AU  - Yelleman, Dan.
AU  - Wagon, Stan.
TI  - Which way did the Bicycle Go? : And other Intriguing Mathematical Mysteries
T2  - Dolciani Mathematical Expositions,
SN  - 0883853256
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Washington
PB  - Mathematical Association of America
KW  -  Mathematical Application
KW  - Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
KW  - Mathematical Aptitude
N1  - Preface
Plane geometry
Number theory
Algebra
Combinatorics and graph theory
Three-dimensional geometry
Miscellaneous
Solutions
N2  - This book provides a collection of 191 mathematical problems aimed at the advanced high school student level and above. Problems cover general mathematical areas including plane geometry, three-dimensional geometry, number theory, algebra, combinatorics and graph theory, and a number of miscellaneous questions that combine mathematical disciplines. The book is divided into two major sections: the first section contains the problems themselves; the second section contains the solutions, historical and other notes, and auxiliary problems without solutions. Problems range from determining the direction of travel of a bicycle leaving tracks in the mud, to determining if two equal amounts of pizza are cut using eight 45-degree wedges meeting at a point other than the center, to determining if a manufacturer's claim that a certain unusual combination lock allows for thousands of combinations. Contains 175 references. (AIM)
ER  -