Iconic Places and 820.5: Grandpa's silly math
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Grandpa says to me with a mischievous smile:
"Hope you know your famous iconic places or landmarks.
Show that the following equation is correct.
Taiwan Landmark NY Landmark US Iconic Highway = 820.5"
Bit of a stretch, if you ask me.
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This riddle could be considered short and sweet and may need some lateral thinking.
Grandpa says to me with a mischievous smile:
"Hope you know your famous iconic places or landmarks.
Show that the following equation is correct.
Taiwan Landmark NY Landmark US Iconic Highway = 820.5"
Bit of a stretch, if you ask me.
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up vote
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This riddle could be considered short and sweet and may need some lateral thinking.
Grandpa says to me with a mischievous smile:
"Hope you know your famous iconic places or landmarks.
Show that the following equation is correct.
Taiwan Landmark NY Landmark US Iconic Highway = 820.5"
Bit of a stretch, if you ask me.
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asked yesterday
DEEM
4,9571292
This riddle could be considered short and sweet and may need some lateral thinking.
Grandpa says to me with a mischievous smile:
"Hope you know your famous iconic places or landmarks.
Show that the following equation is correct.
Taiwan Landmark NY Landmark US Iconic Highway = 820.5"
Bit of a stretch, if you ask me.
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Taiwan Landmark:
(Taipei) 101
NY Landmark:
Times Square
US Iconic Highway:
Route (root) 66
Equation:
101 * sqr(66)
Which equals
820.5, approximately.
answered yesterday
S. M.
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Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
– Bass
yesterday
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The correct value is actually a bit more than 820.52, so the equals sign should probably be a bit wavier.
The maths are
$101 times sqrt{66} approx 820.527878868..$
Which you can read aloud to get
"(Taipei) 101" "Times Square" "Route 66"
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Bass
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
15
down vote
accepted
Taiwan Landmark:
(Taipei) 101
NY Landmark:
Times Square
US Iconic Highway:
Route (root) 66
Equation:
101 * sqr(66)
Which equals
820.5, approximately.
answered yesterday
S. M.
51329
1
Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
– Bass
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
15
down vote
accepted
Taiwan Landmark:
(Taipei) 101
NY Landmark:
Times Square
US Iconic Highway:
Route (root) 66
Equation:
101 * sqr(66)
Which equals
820.5, approximately.
answered yesterday
S. M.
51329
1
Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
– Bass
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
15
down vote
accepted
up vote
15
down vote
accepted
Taiwan Landmark:
(Taipei) 101
NY Landmark:
Times Square
US Iconic Highway:
Route (root) 66
Equation:
101 * sqr(66)
Which equals
820.5, approximately.
answered yesterday
S. M.
51329
Taiwan Landmark:
(Taipei) 101
NY Landmark:
Times Square
US Iconic Highway:
Route (root) 66
Equation:
101 * sqr(66)
Which equals
820.5, approximately.
answered yesterday
S. M.
51329
edited yesterday
answered yesterday
S. M.
51329
answered yesterday
S. M.
51329
answered yesterday
S. M.
51329
51329
1
Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
– Bass
yesterday
add a comment |
1
Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
– Bass
yesterday
1
1
Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
– Bass
yesterday
Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
– Bass
yesterday
add a comment |
up vote
8
down vote
The correct value is actually a bit more than 820.52, so the equals sign should probably be a bit wavier.
The maths are
$101 times sqrt{66} approx 820.527878868..$
Which you can read aloud to get
"(Taipei) 101" "Times Square" "Route 66"
answered yesterday
Bass
26.7k465167
add a comment |
up vote
8
down vote
The correct value is actually a bit more than 820.52, so the equals sign should probably be a bit wavier.
The maths are
$101 times sqrt{66} approx 820.527878868..$
Which you can read aloud to get
"(Taipei) 101" "Times Square" "Route 66"
answered yesterday
Bass
26.7k465167
add a comment |
up vote
8
down vote
up vote
8
down vote
The correct value is actually a bit more than 820.52, so the equals sign should probably be a bit wavier.
The maths are
$101 times sqrt{66} approx 820.527878868..$
Which you can read aloud to get
"(Taipei) 101" "Times Square" "Route 66"
answered yesterday
Bass
26.7k465167
The correct value is actually a bit more than 820.52, so the equals sign should probably be a bit wavier.
The maths are
$101 times sqrt{66} approx 820.527878868..$
Which you can read aloud to get
"(Taipei) 101" "Times Square" "Route 66"
answered yesterday
Bass
26.7k465167
answered yesterday
Bass
26.7k465167
answered yesterday
Bass
26.7k465167
answered yesterday
Bass
26.7k465167
26.7k465167
add a comment |
add a comment |
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