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[S2] Card Set - #100 - To The Power
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[quote="AtionSong"][quote] CONSIDER THE 26 LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET LET A=1 AND LET THE REMAINING LETTERS BE EQUAL TO THEIR POSITION IN THE ALPHABET RAISED TO THE POWER OF THE PREVIOUS LETTER'S VALUE THEREFORE, B=2[sup]A[/sup]=2[sup]1[/sup]=2, C=3[sup]B[/sup]=3[sup]2[/sup]=9, ETC. WHAT IS THE EXACT VALUE OF THE EQUATION? (X-A)*(X-B)*(X-C)*...*(X-Z) [/quote] I programmed my calculator to figure this out, but by the time it got to figuring out the value of E (5[sup]262144[/sup]), it overflowed.[/quote]
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LatentMoths
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Here's a scan of the front and back of the card. This is the first time I've posted a card here so let me know if the size is wrong or if I'm in breach of some super important code of conduct.
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:14 pm
grendelrob
Back of card (sorry, scanner is down at the moment). The whole thing is in caps, but I thought ths would be easier to read.
Quote:
MORGAN'S MYTHS EXPLODED
A
MORGAN PRIDE
P
UBLICATION
Morgan’s isn’t an illness. It isn’t something that needs to be cured. Morgan’s is a unique way of looking at the world. The medical establishment spends far too much time and energy on so-called ‘cures’. What Morgan-abled people need is acceptance and equality.
Having Morgan’s is not a disability. Within the Morgan community, having Morgan’s is an advantage. The Morgan-abled can connect more clearly with their emotions and are able to express themselves more freely without unnecessary levels of complexity.
The Morgan-abled are no more or less intelligent than norms. It is just that intelligence tests do not accurately measure Morgan intelligence. Intelligence tests are not impartial, they are highly restrictive and success in them depends on a lot more than intelligence.
Morgan culture is as rich and varied as non-Morgan culture; the Morgan-abled simply have different ways of expressing themselves, without using puzzles and codes.
Most of the Morgan-abled are nothing like the character of Pip portrayed in Sophia Westernra’s
Baffled
. Westernra is not Morgan-abled herself and her research methods were not rigorous.
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:57 pm
simonaubrey
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I assume you get to the point of multiplying by (X-X) i.e. 0
therefore that makes the equation = 0
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:49 am
t7bros
DarkHuman wrote:
yeah, i worked this out way too far, and just tried working it backwards. felt st000pid. yeah, with 3 0's.
Don't worry. 3 0's make it alright. The first two cancel each other out and then it's spelled even wronger and it no longer matters. Or something like that. I'm at work. Logic has been lost.
ANYWAY,
I was stumped on this and then I thought about it a bit. Once you realize a certain crucial point, it all becomes clear.
And I just realized that I forgot to bring my green cards to work to solve during lunch.
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:19 am
fretty
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The answer won't come to you until you have written out 12/13 of the expression, starting from the start.
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:53 am
DarkHuman
yeah, i worked this out way too far, and just tried working it backwards. felt st000pid. yeah, with 3 0's.
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:50 pm
Sophiecat
Re: [S2] Card Set - #100 - To The Power
AtionSong wrote:
I programmed my calculator to figure this out, but by the time it got to figuring out the value of E (5
262144
), it overflowed.
No calculator needed, you should be able to do it in a few seconds in your head.
Think about the letters in each term
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Starting at the end may help.
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:06 pm
AtionSong
[S2] Card Set - #100 - To The Power
Quote:
CONSIDER THE 26 LETTERS
OF THE ALPHABET
LET A=1 AND LET THE REMAINING LETTERS BE EQUAL
TO THEIR POSITION IN THE ALPHABET RAISED TO THE
POWER OF THE PREVIOUS LETTER'S VALUE
THEREFORE, B=2
A
=2
1
=2, C=3
B
=3
2
=9, ETC.
WHAT IS THE EXACT VALUE OF THE EQUATION?
(X-A)*(X-B)*(X-C)*...*(X-Z)
I programmed my calculator to figure this out, but by the time it got to figuring out the value of E (5
262144
), it overflowed.
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:33 pm
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