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Chicken vs. Bicycle: A Time and Speed Problem

10 Jun 2026 1 minute read 13 comments Joe Bou Khalil

I've been thinking of this math problem for days and wanting to share it. So finally I decided to do it.  Here it is.    The problem: A chicken wants to cross the road. Her speed is 2.5 meters per minute.  And the road from side to side is 1.8 meters...

Who Makes It to School on Time? A Simple Speed Puzzle

16 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Joe Bou Khalil

Math could be a great training for the mind. It's fun, time-passing, and could teach us how to calculate everyday problems.    Practicing with math could help our problem-solving skills and our attention to small details.    The mathematics problem. ...

The Hidden Math of a Bookshelf

8 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Joe Bou Khalil

Introduction Here's a little puzzle. Which is better to place books horizontally or vertically? Which one takes less space, is more efficient, and is finally better?    Here's the problem.  Shelf dimension (space inside the shelf)  Width = 40 cm  Hei...

Does crypto solve financial problems?

16 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Alther

It's not just as good as a story when discussing the crypto scene in front of the world community today. Controversy and various kinds of interesting things, whether it's news that shakes every human dream or news that in the end contains sadness abo...

Easy things become difficult

25 Nov 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Alther

Behind the conditions of the problem struck as if going through everything that was originally easy became difficult. That's life. Where when problems approach the world that was so wide it feels narrow. The air that was so comfortable to breathe see...

Practical data science and optimization: scheduling problem

3 Nov 2022 5 minute read 0 comments I_g_o_r

In this post we consider several examples of optimal scheduling (see [1]). Problem 1. Your business provide support services to other businesses, 24 hours per day. According to demands from your clients you need to have the following number of employ...

Practical data science and optimization: farmer’s problem

18 Oct 2022 2 minute read 2 comments I_g_o_r

In this post we consider how to solve the following problem (from [1]).   Consider a farmer, who has A=500 acres of land, and raises grain, corn and sugar beet. The farmer needs N1=200T of wheat and N2=240T of corn to feed his cattle. These amounts c...

BitcoinCash in Indonesia

21 Aug 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Alther

How is the growth of BitcoinCash in Indonesia, is the rapid growth in line with the expectations and goals to be achieved, or is it difficult to break through the regulatory limits acceptable to the government in Indonesia? Clearly, if you look at th...

Your Head, Your Headache

7 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments shohana

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay  Early morning random thoughts are right here. It was a good night as I've overcome a bad headache after a good night sleep. Title of this article sounds really irresponsible right? But its not like that. Recen...

A simple solution to some problems of modern medicine. Part I: the conceptual problem

25 Apr 2022 2 minute read 1 comment I_g_o_r

The concept of modern medicine traces it’s origin from ancient times when alchemists were searching for an universal treatment from all medical conditions for all patients. The first concept in medicine, known to us, was a concept of the panacea. The...