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Q: Mathematical game of four 4s - make 127 ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   0 Comments )
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Subject: Mathematical game of four 4s - make 127
Category: Science > Math
Asked by: michael2-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 23 Aug 2002 02:48 PDT
Expires: 22 Sep 2002 02:48 PDT
Question ID: 57703
Using the rules in question 57701, make exactly 127.

Request for Question Clarification by jeremymiles-ga on 23 Aug 2002 03:11 PDT
For this, and previous question, is the following allowed:

sqrt(sqrt(4))! = 1 ?
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Subject: Re: Mathematical game of four 4s - make 127
Answered By: seizer-ga on 23 Aug 2002 03:30 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Devilishly difficult, michael. But. Here you are:

127 = (4^4 - sqrt(4)) / sqrt(4)

that is, 127 = (256 - 2) / 2

Found at:

http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/fun/4444/
michael2-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Yes, good answer.  And I did like the web site.  But now you've found
it I won't set any more problems along those lines ..

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