A Conversation for The Myth Of 42 [(5-3+0+5) * (6+0) = 42]
what about -42? 2*(1-(9+8+5+0)) = -42
Mackers Started conversation Apr 28, 2003
still working on +42
what about -42? 2*(1-(9+8+5+0)) = -42
Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) Posted Apr 28, 2003
Well, let's see:
If you just use a '-' before your proposal, everything turns out to be fine:
-2*(1-9-8-5-0)=+42
or, a bit more daring:
21*(9-8+5^0)=42
Jeremy
what about -42? 2*(1-(9+8+5+0)) = -42
Doggy82-Denmark Posted Apr 30, 2003
-42 * -1 = 42
"Other standard functions on a Calculator are also allowed - including ArcTan, Sin, Cos, etc...."
With that in mind: abs(-42) = 42
This is good for programming because it wont return negative numbers like the first one does.
ex: (2*21) * -1 = -42 
abs((2*21) * -1 ) = 42 
what about -42? 2*(1-(9+8+5+0)) = -42
R. Daneel Olivaw -- (User 201118) (Member FFFF, ARS, and DOS) ( -O- ) Posted May 24, 2003
Do you allow the ^2 (Ie square) function?
If so, I'm 20+((1+1)^2)+18.
what about -42? 2*(1-(9+8+5+0)) = -42
Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) Posted May 27, 2003
That should rather be
(20+1)*(1+1^8) =
21 * (1+1) =
21 * 2 = 42
If you use the ^2 function, you introduce another digit (the 2) into your solution, and that's not allowed
what about -42? 2*(1-(9+8+5+0)) = -42
R. Daneel Olivaw -- (User 201118) (Member FFFF, ARS, and DOS) ( -O- ) Posted May 27, 2003
Thanks.
what about -42? 2*(1-(9+8+5+0)) = -42
Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Sep 29, 2003
Quite, Thanks Jeremy...
what about -42? 2*(1-(9+8+5+0)) = -42
Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Sep 29, 2003
Oh, and consider yourself a friend of the 42.... R. Daneel (is that just Marvin in disguise - or vice versa???) (Now there's one for the Conspiracy Theorists - DNA and IA in collusion...) (and they're both dead....... Supposedly...)
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what about -42? 2*(1-(9+8+5+0)) = -42
- 1: Mackers (Apr 28, 2003)
- 2: Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) (Apr 28, 2003)
- 3: Doggy82-Denmark (Apr 30, 2003)
- 4: R. Daneel Olivaw -- (User 201118) (Member FFFF, ARS, and DOS) ( -O- ) (May 24, 2003)
- 5: Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) (May 27, 2003)
- 6: R. Daneel Olivaw -- (User 201118) (Member FFFF, ARS, and DOS) ( -O- ) (May 27, 2003)
- 7: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Sep 29, 2003)
- 8: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Sep 29, 2003)
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