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A problem recently at a coeducational college. Forty of the female students exhibited the effects of a severe lack of sleep.
The school physicians, psychiatrists, and psychologists were asked to try to solve the problem, but they were stumped, Finally, the head of the math department stepped forward and proclaimed." Anything can be resolved with mathematics."Then he proceeded to write this formula.
S L E E P + N I G H T = 40 WOMEN
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'Now," he continued, "select any three digits as they appear in order, such as 123 or 678. Let's take 567. Reverse the sequence and subtract the smaller from the larger.
765
-567
_____
198
"Reverse that number and this time add the two.
198
+891
________
1,089
"Now multiply this figure by forty women, then substitute
the letter appearing above each number in the formula.
The result will tell you what is keeping the women awake."
