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97D99
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Summary:
The article focuses on real life problems which are published in the American journal Mathematics Teacher and which are based on up-to-date news from media. Two topics are presented - $\it A Midnight Rider$ and $\it Wedding of Snakes$. The former concerns the haeviest and biggest limousine in the world and its different measures and properties. Nine related tasks are formulated. The latter concerns a custom from Cambodia in which monks marry two snakes. This time five short problems are formulated. Results of the tasks are provided.
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