I feel very vindicated.
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> From: Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On Mar 7, 2007, at 11:18 AM, Schuh, Richard wrote:
>
>> Guess it should have been a problem involving a 3 digit number with 0
>> for the middle digit. Then, a base of -17 would be equivalent to a
>> base
>> of +17.
>
> Well, now we know what base we're calculating in where 54 = 3 * 27,
> which incidentally answers the "new math" implied-question that
> started this whole thing.
>
> Adam
