Arrange five 8's so that they equal 9. But you must not use a plus or minus sign.
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Arrange five 8's so that they equal 9. But you must not use a plus or minus sign.
Hi Nancy a very interesting problem. I got the solution. One way for arranging the 5 eights to get 9 could be as follows:
8 88/88
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(8 is to 8/8)*8/8 = (72/8)*1 = 1