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Maybe there is an ambiguity... (Score:1)

by dakkar (5832) on 2008.06.08 12:40 (#63217) Homepage Journal

You get one pair each for 7 and 11, but two pairs for 9, right? Same here.

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- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by Ovid (2709)
  
  I get more than that. They draw the prize next Wednesday, so I don't think it's fair to post code right now, but that's OK because mine is obviously buggy :)
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by Ovid (2709)
  
  Er, now that I stop to think about it, perhaps it's not fair for me to count a number and its reverse. D'oh!
- Re: (Score:1)
  
  by dakkar (5832)
  
  Ok, the ambiguity is in the part of the solution they don't ask for. So their actual question has a unique answer.
  - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by Ovid (2709)
    
    I think you're seeing something I don't, then, because I have no idea what your first sentence meant :)
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by Ovid (2709)
  
  OK, now I get your results :(

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