Off Topic, Puzzle

Jim Hurley jhurley at infostations.com
Mon May 19 20:50:02 EDT 2003


>  Roger Guay  wrote:
>
>Hi Jim.
>
>Wouldn't the second equation be:
>n + 10*m = m + 10*n
>
>thus giving you two equations and two unkowns?
>
>Roger
>

Roger,

Actually, the factor  n + 10*m represent the Celcius temperature in 
terms of the units integer n, and the tens integer m. For example, if 
the Celcius temperature were 16, then  n = 6 and m = 1. The 
Fahrenheit temperature would then be (m + 10*n) or  1 + 60 = 61. The 
reason for using n & m is so that the unknowns become the integers 
between 0 and 9.

Jim



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