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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: william wu, SMQ, towr, Icarus, Eigenray, ThudnBlunder, Grimbal)    6 8's « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: 6 8's  (Read 2477 times) Altamira_64 Junior Member     Posts: 116 6 8's   « on: Jan 10th, 2012, 10:25am » Quote Modify Form the number 1000 by using 6 8's and only +, -, *, / sqrt and parentheses (). IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: 6 8's   « Reply #1 on: Jan 11th, 2012, 12:54am » Quote Modify The simplest I find is (888-88)/.8 . IP Logged Altamira_64 Junior Member     Posts: 116 Re: 6 8's   « Reply #2 on: Jan 11th, 2012, 7:47am » Quote Modify Decimal .8 is not allowed because it assumes there is a leading zero (0.   IP Logged SWF Uberpuzzler     Posts: 879 Re: 6 8's   « Reply #3 on: Jan 11th, 2012, 9:35pm » Quote Modify sqrt( sqrt(8 ) + sqrt(8 ) )8 - 8 - 8 - 8 IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: 6 8's   « Reply #4 on: Jan 11th, 2012, 9:42pm » Quote Modify I don't see exponents among the allowed operations. IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: 6 8's   « Reply #5 on: Jan 12th, 2012, 8:04am » Quote Modify It depends if the constraint lists the operations you can use or the symbols you can use. Same for the numbers.  Do the 8's refer to digits or numbers? IP Logged Altamira_64 Junior Member     Posts: 116 Re: 6 8's   « Reply #6 on: Jan 14th, 2012, 2:20am » Quote Modify The constraint refers to operations allowed. Exponents are allowed, provided they result as a combination of eights. IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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