Challenging equation

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3 total messages Started by Ken Knowles Fri, 28 Feb 1997 00:00

#2731

Author: Ken Knowles
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 00:00

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I have an equation that you might find challenging.

It's a very simple equation consisting of three constants, two operators
(including the =) and NO unknowns!

But can you make sense of it? Check it out at:

http://www.oriels.demon.co.uk/zlatest.html

This is not a commercial page - no ads, quick to load.

Ken

Re: Challenging equation

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Author: Brian M. Scott
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 00:00

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On Fri, 28 Feb 1997 20:38:24 +0000, ken@oriels.demon.co.uk (Ken
Knowles) wrote:

>I have an equation that you might find challenging.

>It's a very simple equation consisting of three constants, two operators
>(including the =) and NO unknowns!

I fear that you have a little, er, pie on your face.  The '=' is a
relation symbol, not an operator, and, as the hint makes clear, it is
misused here.  (I penalize students who write things like 'sqr(2) =
1.41421'.)

Brian M. Scott

Re: Challenging equation

#2733

Author: Wei-Hwa Huang
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 00:00

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ken@oriels.demon.co.uk (Ken Knowles) writes:
>I have an equation that you might find challenging.
>It's a very simple equation consisting of three constants, two operators
>(including the =) and NO unknowns!
>But can you make sense of it? Check it out at:
>http://www.oriels.demon.co.uk/zlatest.html
>This is not a commercial page - no ads, quick to load.

The answer is easy as pie.


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Wei-Hwa Huang, whuang@ugcs.caltech.edu, http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~whuang/
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