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2 points by Garbage on Aug 26, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


While reading the official rules, I noticed section six (DRAWING), has something special for Canadian entrants:

SPECIAL NOTICE TO CANADIAN ENTRANTS: THE PERSON SELECTED RANDOMLY WILL BE REQUIRED TO CORRECTLY ANSWER A MATHEMATICAL QUESTION INVOLVING AT LEAST FOUR OPERATIONS THAT INVOLVE AT LEAST TWO DIGIT NUMBERS.

Assuming they limited the equation to whole numbers, I thought about what combination of number and operation would result in the illusion of a quick answer, but actually be very difficult (since most scientific-calculators error after 10E999). I came up with: 10^10^10^10, which I believe equates to 10E1000, but would need confirmation.

10^10 = 10000000000

10^10^10 = 10000000000^10 = 10E100

10^10^10 = 10E100^10 = 10E1000




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