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| Thread ID: 57185 | 2005-04-25 22:29:00 | Weekly maths question | Renmoo (66) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 348814 | 2005-04-26 00:43:00 | oh now i see on google that by AC it means 37 not 3*7. sorry | ad_267 (6193) | ||
| 348815 | 2005-04-26 01:57:00 | oh now i see on google that by AC it means 37 not 3*7. sorry Don't be sorry, your reasoning is equally valid, probably more so in my simple view :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 348816 | 2005-04-26 02:40:00 | So it's her maths homework? :illogical Cut it out, Ninja. :mad: It is just a maths question released by her school weekly to test their students' calculations and thinking capabilities. |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 348817 | 2005-04-26 04:37:00 | But it tests only their Google abilities. Who needs to calculate or think when they have the computers and the Internet? Unfortunately, when the few still capable of thinking die out, what does the future hold? |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 348818 | 2005-04-26 05:01:00 | Yeah. Google seems to know all. But will Google know this: Resolve this number into a fraction: 63582.635826358263582* The * means the "63582" repeats infinitely. Show your working out, because it will work for all such numbers. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 348819 | 2005-04-26 05:24:00 | The new improved search engine from a large software company was recently promoted as being able to answer questions like "how big is Saturn?". It would tell you in "Earth radii". So to the obvious question "how big is Earth" it (quite correctly, if uselessly) answered " 1 Earth radius". Oops. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 348820 | 2005-04-26 05:31:00 | Isn't knowledge wonderfull Graham ;) Now thinking is another issue. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 348821 | 2005-04-26 05:44:00 | I wonder what happens if I tell these people about www.13throot.com... | Edward (31) | ||
| 348822 | 2005-04-27 11:55:00 | But will Google know this: Resolve this number into a fraction: 63582.635826358263582* The * means the "63582" repeats infinitely. Show your working out, because it will work for all such numbers. Do you want the real or imaginery coordinates of this complex conjugate? (members.ispwest.com) Joking aside, brute force won't get you very far, the best I could get on brute force after about 5 minutes was 591,709,009 / 9,306 - although Python should be quicker than Excel. Google turned up that page - although I'm not sure how to apply it..... |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 348823 | 2005-04-27 12:09:00 | Because of extreme brilliant brain by all people, I decided to reveal the answer earlier, A = 3, C = 7. Next: Simplify the following equation: (x-a)*(x-b)*(x-c)*(x-d).........(x-z) = ? Note: * means multiply Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
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