NUMB3RS just for fun

Mike Hewson
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RE: An engineer, a

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An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician ....then goes back to bed.


Trick question.....
If you could only remove one thing, what would you take out of a burning building?
Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

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RE: Trick question..... If

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Trick question.....
If you could only remove one thing, what would you take out of a burning building?


Trick answer....
All of the oxygen.

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RE: RE: Trick

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Quote:
Trick question.....
If you could only remove one thing, what would you take out of a burning building?

Trick answer....
All of the oxygen.

Mike Hewson
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RE: RE: RE: Trick

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Quote:
Quote:
Trick question.....
If you could only remove one thing, what would you take out of a burning building?

Trick answer....
All of the oxygen.

I was thinking 'the fire', but I'll pay that! :-)
Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

John Hunt
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OK. Here's a


OK. Here's a quickie........

What is the largest number you can write using just TWO SINGLE DIGITS ?


Mike Hewson
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RE: OK. Here's a

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OK. Here's a quickie........

What is the largest number you can write using just TWO SINGLE DIGITS ?



Cheating......
'>x' where x is any number? :-)
Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

John Hunt
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RE: RE: OK. Here's a

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Quote:


OK. Here's a quickie........

What is the largest number you can write using just TWO SINGLE DIGITS ?



Cheating......
'>x' where x is any number? :-)
Cheers, Mike.

Cheeky!
This is straight-forward. Just TWO DIGITS, each between 1 and 9.......

Mike Hewson
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RE: Cheeky! This is

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Cheeky!
This is straight-forward. Just TWO DIGITS, each between 1 and 9.......


That would be 9 to the power of 9? ( can't show superscripts here )
Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

John Hunt
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Well done, Mike!


Well done, Mike!

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RE: Well done, Mike!

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Well done, Mike!


Objection. ;-)
Not fair, 9^9 is not a number. It's an equation, the result of which is a number. The original question called for the largest number using 2 digits. Obvious answer is 99. :)

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