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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asked Dec 3 '18 at 13:45
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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 Dec 3 '18 at 13:45
DEEMDEEM
5,707118104
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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.
riddle knowledge
asked Dec 3 '18 at 13:45
DEEMDEEM
5,707118104
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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.
riddle knowledge
riddle knowledge
asked Dec 3 '18 at 13:45
DEEMDEEM
5,707118104
asked Dec 3 '18 at 13:45
DEEMDEEM
5,707118104
edited Dec 3 '18 at 14:44
DEEM
asked Dec 3 '18 at 13:45
DEEMDEEM
5,707118104
asked Dec 3 '18 at 13:45
DEEMDEEM
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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 Dec 3 '18 at 14:07
S. M.S. M.
953419
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Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
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– Bass
Dec 3 '18 at 14:11
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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"
answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:09
BassBass
28.8k470176
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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 Dec 3 '18 at 14:07
S. M.S. M.
953419
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1
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Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
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– Bass
Dec 3 '18 at 14:11
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Taiwan Landmark:
(Taipei) 101
NY Landmark:
Times Square
US Iconic Highway:
Route (root) 66
Equation:
101 * sqr(66)
Which equals
820.5, approximately.
answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:07
S. M.S. M.
953419
$endgroup$
1
$begingroup$
Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
$endgroup$
– Bass
Dec 3 '18 at 14:11
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Taiwan Landmark:
(Taipei) 101
NY Landmark:
Times Square
US Iconic Highway:
Route (root) 66
Equation:
101 * sqr(66)
Which equals
820.5, approximately.
answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:07
S. M.S. M.
953419
$endgroup$
Taiwan Landmark:
(Taipei) 101
NY Landmark:
Times Square
US Iconic Highway:
Route (root) 66
Equation:
101 * sqr(66)
Which equals
820.5, approximately.
answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:07
S. M.S. M.
953419
edited Dec 3 '18 at 14:17
answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:07
S. M.S. M.
953419
answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:07
S. M.S. M.
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answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:07
S. M.S. M.
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Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
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– Bass
Dec 3 '18 at 14:11
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Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
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– Bass
Dec 3 '18 at 14:11
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Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
$endgroup$
– Bass
Dec 3 '18 at 14:11
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Nicely sniped. Shouldn't have concentrated on the formatting so much :-)
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– Bass
Dec 3 '18 at 14:11
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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"
answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:09
BassBass
28.8k470176
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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"
answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:09
BassBass
28.8k470176
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$begingroup$
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 Dec 3 '18 at 14:09
BassBass
28.8k470176
$endgroup$
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 Dec 3 '18 at 14:09
BassBass
28.8k470176
answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:09
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answered Dec 3 '18 at 14:09
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