Very Computer

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|> >|> rutgers!phoenix.princeton.edu!greg   Gregory A Nowak/Phoenix Gang/Princeton
|> >|> NJ
|> >|>     "Take 2*3*5*7*11*13.  It's divisible by 59." --Matt Crawford
|> >        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> >I actually checked this.  Then thought, "well, ok, but not evenly".
|>
|> Sure it does.
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|> | Script started on Wed Jul 14 17:43:51 1993
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|> | 30030

|> | 508

|> |
|> | script done on Wed Jul 14 17:44:05 1993
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|> Gerald

hmm,
I wonder what was the matter with my computation?

Adam
(fish on, fish on!)

Nothing. :)

2 x 3 x 5 x 7 x 11 x 13 = 30030

30030/59 = 508.98305 ...

It's *almost* 509, but not quite :)
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   Simple.  expr only does INTEGER arithmetic.  Here's the REAL answer:

kryten# bc -l
2*3*5*7*11*13
30030
30030 / 59
508.98305084745762711864

   Read it and weep.

-Greg G
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 > >|> >|>     "Take 2*3*5*7*11*13.  It's divisible by 59." --Matt Crawford
 > >|> >        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 > >|> >I actually checked this.  Then thought, "well, ok, but not evenly".
 > >|>
Nobody thought that the quote can be incomplete?  Add one and it *is*
divisible by 59.  (Probably the original had something to do with the
divisibility of one plus the product of the first few primes.)
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