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ThudnBlunder
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Smallest Expressible Integer
« on: Apr 21st, 2003, 8:27pm » |
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What is the smallest positive integer not expressible in fewer than thirteen English words?
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Re: Smallest Expressible Integer
« Reply #1 on: Apr 21st, 2003, 11:35pm » |
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it depends..
You can express any number with one word at any time, but not all, with each one word, all the time. That's to say you will need to change what number a word refers to.
Similar prior riddle (but your title is much better ;)
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