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[S2] Card Set - #100 - To The Power
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AtionSong
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 		[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.

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Sophiecat
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 		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
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Starting at the end may help.

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DarkHuman
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 		yeah, i worked this out way too far, and just tried working it backwards. felt st000pid. yeah, with 3 0's.
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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.


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t7bros
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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.

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simonaubrey
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I assume you get to the point of multiplying by (X-X) i.e. 0
therefore that makes the equation = 0


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grendelrob
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 		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 PUBLICATION

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.


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LatentMoths
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