The answer is 42 (in base 13). The question is "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote: > No, I'm quite certain that the answer is: > > 7*6 = 3*2^4 - 36/6 > > but I don't know the question > > Jim > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Dalthorp, Daniel <ddalth...@usgs.gov> > wrote: > > Question and answer: > > > > 6*9 = (4)*13^1 + (2)*13^0 > > > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> It certainly does. As we are often confronted with requests for > >> solutions of problems so minimally defined as to challenge the most > >> eminent mindreader, this excels. We have a meta-problem as the > >> supplicant him- (or her-, I cannot even ascertain this) does not > >> appear to know what it is. Thus me are asked to both pose and solve > >> the problem. While this may seem trivial to the casual reader, we must > >> recall Adams' Paradox, that we might supply an answer, but be unable > >> to state the question. > >> > >> Pardon the enthusiasm - I have just solved two gratuitous problems and > >> I was, so to speak, primed for this message. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Rolf Turner <r.tur...@auckland.ac.nz> > >> wrote: > >> > On 06/10/16 20:55, abhishek pandey wrote: > >> >> > >> >> kindly solve my problem sir. > >> > > >> > > >> > That's it, in its entirety. Shouldn't that win some sort of prize? > >> > > >> > cheers, > >> > > >> > Rolf Turner > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Technical Editor ANZJS > >> > Department of Statistics > >> > University of Auckland > >> > Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 > >> > > >> > > >> > ______________________________________________ > >> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> > PLEASE do read the posting guide > >> > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> PLEASE do read the posting guide > >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Dan Dalthorp, PhD > > USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center > > Forest Sciences Lab, Rm 189 > > 3200 SW Jefferson Way > > Corvallis, OR 97331 > > ph: 541-750-0953 > > ddalth...@usgs.gov > > > > -- Dan Dalthorp, PhD USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center Forest Sciences Lab, Rm 189 3200 SW Jefferson Way Corvallis, OR 97331 ph: 541-750-0953 ddalth...@usgs.gov [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
