On Thu, 2001-11-29 at 03:28, Pong wrote:
>
> pinahirapan ko pa sarili ko. in general pala, it would be:
>
> 1 = (9/9) + ((9-9) * (remaining 9s here))
> 2 = (9/9) + (9/9) + ((9-9) * (remaining 9s here))
> 3 = (9/9) + (9/9) + (9/9) + ((9-9) * 9)
> 4 = is the smallest positive integer that cannot be expressed?
4 can be expressed by 9 - ( (9 + 9 +9 ) / 9) + (9/9) + (9/9)
hehe i'm thinking of a formula to solve this rather than trial and error
so im cc'ing this to ph-phyton maybe they would have time to play with
it too
and yeah let's put this on plug-misc off topic sa plug
> >
> > I ran across an intriguing Slashdot banner by ita software. The problem
> > goes: "Combining nine 9s with any number of operators +,-,*,/,(,), what is
> > the smallest positive integer that cannot be expressed?"
> >
>
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