Maths problem 9999

Thats 9 out of 9. :D

Fascinating clock, Afro Boy.

soth

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Originally Posted by Wongo

Thats 9 out of 9. :D

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Sorry, I'll only rate it 8/9.

Look at the formula for the number 7. :~ It's out by 0.0111...

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Originally Posted by Wongo

Thats 9 out of 9. :D

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<groan> :;

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Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Sorry, I'll only rate it 8/9.

Look at the formula for the number 7. :~ It's out by 0.0111...

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Stupid isn't it? I suppose it is good enough for primary school students.:rolleyes:

Then again, it's only an analogue clock.

Who needs accuracy for "it's a quarter to nine?"

Trouble is these people don't have a clue. They are teaching people the wrong stuff.:~ To make it worse, 7 can easily be written as sqrt(9)! + (9/9).:doh:

The first one I thought of was 99 - (9*9) = 99 - 81 = 18.
Then I saw there were 6 pages of answers. Back to the gardening....

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Originally Posted by Wongo

It doesn’t matter if it is for a professor in calculus. 0.999999… is not equal to 1. It is a fact. You can round it up to 1 but it is not 1.

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but why not just do this, ceiling is a legitimate operator

Sorry, I am not with you. :?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiling_function

'Tis a new one on me, but that's nothing new. :rolleyes:

the ceiling of x is the smallest integer greater than or equal to x.

floor is probably more common but both are perfectly valid functions

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Originally Posted by ss_11000

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It,s things like this that make me think i should keep life simple and clean the shed more often.