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Re: A puzzle


  • Subject: Re: A puzzle
  • From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:05:10 -0800
  • Thread-topic: A puzzle

On 11/21/08 9:32 AM, "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden> wrote:

> The answer isn't 100,000, unless the question is "how many times is
> the last digit a 1?".
>
> If the question is "how many 1's show up over the course of a million
> miles?", the answer is 600,000: 100,000 per digit.

Right, apologies. And actually that was the method and answer given on Car
Talk, now that I recall it properly.

--
Paul Berkowitz


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