A Conversation for The Myth Of 42 [(5-3+0+5) * (6+0) = 42]
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Andrew Sims Started conversation Oct 25, 2003
Add Me!!!!! I'm U518112 I've found 51-8+1-(1*8)=42
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AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 25, 2003
Um... that comes out to be 34, not 42...
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5*1*8*1*1+2=42
(5!*(1/8)-1)*(1+2)=42
((5+1)*8)-(1*1+2)!=42
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Potholer Posted Oct 26, 2003
Bracketless manual solution:
51-8-1*1^2
Computer solution:
5!/1-81+1+2
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AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 26, 2003
Oh your computer *does* do factorials? I thought it didn't...
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Potholer Posted Oct 26, 2003
It does do them, but the default setting is just to try +-*/ along with digit combining.
If I don't get any nice answers there, I can turn on any of unary minus, power, factorial, sqrt and inverse trig and have another go, but the more operators allowed, the slower the search.
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AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 26, 2003
whoa...
I don't suppose there's anywhere I could get this program...?
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Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) Posted Oct 27, 2003
I still have to use BRAIN 1.1, along with the GoogleCalc Plugin ...
518112 ... let's see ...
51-8-1^12 = 42
-51+81+12 = 42
Jeremy
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Oct 28, 2003
good last one there Jeremy!
Welcome Mr Sims to the Mythical s of the DoQuaDecaGonic Table!!
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- 1: Andrew Sims (Oct 25, 2003)
- 2: AK - fancy that! (Oct 25, 2003)
- 3: Potholer (Oct 26, 2003)
- 4: AK - fancy that! (Oct 26, 2003)
- 5: Potholer (Oct 26, 2003)
- 6: AK - fancy that! (Oct 26, 2003)
- 7: Jeremy (trying to find his way back to dinner) (Oct 27, 2003)
- 8: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Oct 28, 2003)
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