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Dave in Tenn:
Joel is the winner?!? And I didn't even know it was a contest. Told you I miss the boat all the time. :D
Ninny:
Hey, you guys have got me laughing...I understood Vangie's 193...and it didn't have anything to do with the riddle!! bummer!! Geez...Dave is there room on your boat?? I missed that other one, too! hehehe!! :D
Kathy ;)
Fester:
--- Quote from: Vangie on March 08, 2010, 06:51:55 PM ---
the number 193 is really {(1*10^2)+(9*10^1)+(3*10^0)}.
--- End quote ---
Now lets help Vangie.
Basically ....
(1*10^2) is 1 multiplied by 100 (10^2 is a 1 with 2 zeros)
(9*10^1) is 9 multiplied by 10 (10^1 is a 1 with 1 zero)
(3*10^0) is 3 multiplied by 1 (10^0 is a 1 with 0 zeros)
(1*10^2)+(9*10^1)+(3*10^0)
(1*100)+(9*10)+(3*1)
100+90+3
193
Note: * means multiplied by: 3*3=9 (same as 3x3=9)
Vangie:
Thank you Fester. I got it when you explained the caret, but it was great to have the whole thing spelled out. Now I know I had it right. ;) I never understood how bases other than 10 (or okay, 12 maybe--you know, timekeeping) would come into play, but they really do.
Especially with the binary stuff. Who knew back in the early eighties? The Bill Gates' and the Festers' I guess. :)
Joel:
http://WOW!!! I won! Things really are looking up for me.
Never could win anything, unlike one of my sisters. No matter what she did she always brought something home from contest.
Joel :)
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