Let's solve this step-by-step to find the number of problems the mathematician solves the day he drinks coffee.
Normal Day:
Problems solved in a normal day = t (hours) * p (problems/hour) = pt problems
Coffee Day:
Hours worked with coffee = t - 11 hours
Problems solved per hour with coffee = 4p + 2 problems/hour
Let x be the number of problems solved on the coffee day. Then, we have x = (t - 11) * (4p + 2)
Twice as many problems:
The number of problems solved with coffee (x) is twice the number of problems solved on a normal day (pt).
This translates to the equation: x = 2 * pt
Solving for x:
Now we can substitute the expression for x from step 2 into the equation from step 3: (t - 11) * (4p + 2) = 2 * pt
Expanding the left side: 4pt + 2t - 22p - 22 = 2pt
Combining terms with p and t: 2pt + 2t - 22p - 2pt = -22 2t - 22p = -22 t - 11p = -11 (dividing both sides by 2)
Special Condition:
We are given that t and p are positive integers. From the equation t - 11p = -11, we can see that t must be a multiple of 11 (because it's equal to -11p plus another integer, -11).
Finding possible values of t and p:
We can try different integer values for p that are multiples of 7 (since 4p is always even and adding 2 makes it even as well).
For example:
If p = 7, then t = (11 * 7) - 11 = 70 (valid integer).
Other values of p might not result in an integer value for t.
Coffee Day Problems:
Plugging p = 7 and t = 70 (from our example) into the expression for problems solved with coffee (x = (t - 11) * (4p + 2)): x = (70 - 11) * (4 * 7 + 2) = 59 * 30 = 1770 problems
Therefore, on the day the mathematician drinks coffee, he solves 1770 problems (given p = 7 and t = 70).