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I'd think of the thought process a bit differently than lclarkmichalek, though of course with the same result. To get close to 952, you can quickly think of 10
by Timothee 13y ago
I'd think of the thought process a bit differently than lclarkmichalek, though of course with the same result.
To get close to 952, you can quickly think of 106x9. 106 is easy to obtain and you have a 3. You can get another 3 from 75/25. You're now at 954 with only a 50 left. If you could divide by 25, that would give you the 2 you're missing but you already used the 25, unless you were to divide later. So instead of doing 106x3x(75/25), you do (106x3x75-50)/25.
He could have certainly thought of it another way but based on how players typically play that game, that would be a somewhat logical progression.
- malvim 13y agoI was wondering how he thought of that. Even though we don't know, this explanation is beautiful and makes a lot of sense. Thanks!
- judofyr 13y agoAnother way to think about it: He had the numbers 100, 3, 6, 25, 50, 75. 25, 50 and 75 are big and difficult to work with, but 50/25=2 and 75/25=3 are far easier. He could either do it right away, but that gives him either (2 and 75) or (3 and 25) and there's still a large number. (75x ± 50y)/25 on the other hand equals (3x ± 2y) and he's down to nice small numbers.