Blog Post #164: Lord Christophe πŸ˜

Dear All,

One of my funniest friends is known nowadays as Lord Christophe 😁

Lord Christophe deserves a beautiful original brainteaser in his honour, and so here it comes…! πŸ‘πŸ˜

Lord Christophe finds a perfectly flat, horizontal, rectangular, gorgeous green garden. Its mathematical properties are so delightful that he decides to buy it!

It has length L metres, width (unbelievably πŸ˜‚) U metres, perimeter P metres, and area A square metres.

P, A, U and L are all whole numbers.

Lord Christophe also loves the fact that, for his special garden, P = A.

He laughs out loud when he learns that LORD CHRISTOPHE rearranges to make SPORT CHILD HERO πŸ˜‚πŸ™ŒπŸ€£

So, he picks the speediest mathematical student of Musica Mundi School to sprint in a perfect straight line diagonally across the garden from one corner to the diagonally opposite corner, then diagonally back again. All that is to be done ten times

…and like The Flash or a rocket!

And now, dear friends, this is your Prize Brainteaser: The total distance (in metres) that the student sprints equals the square root of C, where C is a whole number. In honour of Lord Christophe, what is the exact maximum possible value of C ?

Please feel free to send me your best answers by email πŸ‘πŸ‘Œ

A lot of the loveliest photos around the school are by Lord Christophe. I think that the following recent photo was by him; it’s certainly a gorgeous one to enjoy 😍

Please also have fun with the following wonderful Chess puzzle from a recent training game of mine. It’s Black to play and win 😍

It’s Black to play and win 😍

A Facebook friend of mine named Antonio posts beautiful, inspirational daily messages to spread the truly Good News of The Bible for as many people as possible to benefit from knowing it.

With love and very best wishes as always,

Paul M😊twani ❀️

Author: Paul A. Motwani

My name is Paul Motwani, but my colleagues, my students and their parents mostly call me "Mr. Mo"! My middle initial, A, stands for Anthony, because I was born on the official feast day of St. Anthony of Padua, the patron saint of miracles and of lost souls. I love teaching Mathematics and Chess, and giving fun-packed talks and shows in schools and clubs. The popular ingredients of Math, Chess, Mystery and Magic are my "Fantastic Four", and I give prizes too! I am an International Chess Grandmaster, and (loooooong ago!) I was the World Under-17 Champion. I am the author of five published chess books and hundreds of newspaper articles. I live with my wonderful wife and son in Belgium. I also love music, movies and puzzles. I blog at paulmotwani.com. My e-mail address is pmotwani141@gmail.com. You can find me on Facebook, too.

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