Oh! ... Well ... then I guess math wasn't my subject either : )
Robert D.
( I didn't go any further with it than what it was. )
-----Original Message-----
From: Hal Faulkner <faulkner@redshift.com>
To: Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>; Spridgets
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: July 7, 1999 11:43 PM
Subject: RE: pick a number...its freaky fun..NO LBC CONTENT
>In fact, the sum of all digits of any number divisible by nine is either
>nine or is divisible by nine. Since we multiplied by nine before we added
>up the digits the result must have been nine. If you simply keep adding
the
>digits up 'till you get a single digit IT WILL ALWAYS BE NINE. Thus we
>don't have to restrict the original selection to between two and nine.
>
>I prefer to remain anonymous, 'cuz I don't want any complaints about
numbers
>directed at me.
>
>"I can't do that, Dave...."
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
>[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Robert Duquette
>Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 2:31 PM
>To: Spridgets
>Subject: Re: pick a number...its freaky fun..NO LBC CONTENT
>
>
>This works predictably because you are restricted to selecting numbers
>between 2 and nine inclusively. All of the products of these numbers
>multiplied by nine have a similar characteristic. The sum of the 2 digits
>in the product add up to nine. Nine minus five is four and the related
>letter is "D". This much is a constant.
>
>Now, geography isn't my subject. How many countries are there that start
>with "D"?
>
>Robert Duquette
>Ottawa ON Canada
>http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette
>RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
>'65 RHD BRG Sprite
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