Re: MATH PROBLEM HELP !

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From: Robert Morewood
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 00:00

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SEEKER (set@free.com) wrote:
: Please help me with this math problem, the calculator on my computer can't
: handle this many digits. 

: Here it is -     167,690,880 x 43,560

Ok I'll bite <3 minute pause with paper and pencil> the answer is:

               7,304,614,732,800

but you must know that by now.

So what is the significance of this number?
(Aside from the fact that I can calculate it on paper faster than I can 
switch back to my OS/2 desktop, open a high precision math package, 
switch back to my OS/2 desktop, and return to the Internet.)
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|/   |\/|         || Fermat is dead!   ||  rob_morewood@panam.wimsey.bc.ca
|\ob |  |orewood  || Long Live Wiles!! ||    Beautiful British Columbia

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