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Nir Dahan
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Posted: Apr 28, 2004 2:32am
Use 3 "3"s to get to 20 (not restricted to the 4 elementary arithmetic operations)
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pxs
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London
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Posted: Apr 28, 2004 5:54am
(3!!/3!)/3!
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Nir Dahan
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Posted: Apr 28, 2004 8:34am
You got it!
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Turk
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Posted: May 12, 2004 4:06am
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On 2004-04-28 05:54, pxs wrote:
(3!!/3!)/3!
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PXS,
Would you please be so kind to translate this formula into "English" for we non-math majors? Thanks.
Mike
Magic is a vanishing Art.
This must not be Kansas anymore, Toto.
Eschew obfuscation.
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pxs
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London
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Posted: May 12, 2004 4:54am
The '!' symbol (pronounced factorial) means "multiply together all the numbers from 1 to x"
So - 5! is 5x4x3x2x1
So - 3! is 3x2x1 which is 6
and 3!! is 6!
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Turk
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Posted: May 12, 2004 5:09am
Thanks, PXS. Whew!! Now I know why I didn't quit my day job to become a mathematician.
Mike
Magic is a vanishing Art.
This must not be Kansas anymore, Toto.
Eschew obfuscation.
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