How Big It Is?
Multiply 2 x 2 one hundred times ...
What is the answer?
What is the answer?
posted by Zaux at
5:56 AM
Monday, February 1, 2010
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12 Comments:
well it completley depends, on whether you do
(2X2)100 = 400
or you do
(2X2)^100 = 1.60693804425899e+60
basically off the calculators chart
soooo umm yea lmao
Hi Matthew ...
nope, that's wrong
trick question?
the answer is 4 however many times you do the sum!
regards, Curtis
Curtis ...
very wise ..
it is always 4 ... unless someone does a screwy proof to prove it equals something else
I know that sometimes 2 x 2 kids seems to equal a dozen
no matter how many times you do the equation it will always be 4
2^100 = 1267650600228229401496703205376
(2*2)^100 = 1606938044258990275541962092341162602522202993782792835301376, so isn't off my calculator's chart
But I accept that it was a trick question.
2 x 2 on a slide rule doesn't equal 4.
And yes, I am that old.
Karl, I was in The School of Design at NCSU when handheld calculator became available to the average consumer. I had a Post Versalog slide rule. Within 6 months, I believe they were out of business.
2x2 equals 4 on my slip stick. You'd better re-read the manual.
Mine looks similar to this: http://www.hpmuseum.org/powerlog.jpg
I bought it when I was about 13 years old. I even had a 40 inch cylindrical Otis King model L. Here's a pic of it: http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/unusual.html
Kidding a bit. I lost them years ago. The Pickett one had 80 inches of log-log scales.
I stopped using them when I got a TI-59 calculator. I no longer have that either. It was a truly superbly thought out device - still something that other designs fail to equal. I'm 57.
I've gone nostalgic now. I found a picture of a couple of very nice looking metal 10" Versalogs.
http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/slide/slidegallery.html
Not sure, but I'm about 95% sure that this is the one I had:
http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/n4es/virtual-n4es.html
I used to have to lubricate it with vaseline, as the aluminium would stick.
I've just found that: http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/n4es/virtual-n4es.html is a virtual slide rule. You can atually use it with your mouse.
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