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Old 01-18-2009, 11:38 AM   #182
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Default Nice, but very simple math trick :)

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Originally Posted by voncroy10 View Post
1-multiply the number of your brothers by 2
(if u dont have any brothers skip this step)
2-add 3 then multiply by 5
3-add the number of your sisters (if no sisters skip)
4-multiply the result by 10
5-add the number of your living grandparents(if no living ones skip)
6-finally substract 150 from the result
now notice that the result consisit of 3 digits

the first one from the right is the nubmer of ur living grandparents the middle one is the number of ur sisters
and the last one is ur brothers
1&2 = Brothers * 10 + 3*5 (15) to obscure
3&4 = ((Brothers * 10 + 15) + Sisters) *10
= Brothers * 100 + 150 + Sisters * 10
5 = Brothers * 100 + 150 + Sisters * 10 + Grandparents
6 = Brothers * 100 + 150 + Sisters * 10 + Grandparents - 150 {get rid of obstacle}
= Brothers * 100 + Sisters * 10 + Grandparents
= Grandparents + Sisters * 10 + Brothers * 100

The result would read BSG.

My result would be 100.
It doesn't solve if you've got more than 9 sisters. 10 sisters would morph to 1 brother.
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